Just How Close?
The news about the Saudi Arabian government's successful stoppage of a massive terrorist attack on it's oil refinery infrastructure received about thirty seconds of press here in the United States. Far less than the daily badgering President Bush gets every day by miserable opportunists like Keith Olbermann. I find it fascinating because it tells me more about our realities every day here in the United States and I'm quite concerned.
There is little doubt in my mind that no matter how anything plays out in the Middle East over the next generation, George Bush will receive all the blame and zero credit. The gutless, self preservation motivated behavior of the vast majority of our public officials will make sure of this as will the far left dominated media. It's a given, a no brainier.
What is far more concerning to me is that most of the country appears to be revering to a pre-911 mindset while "the bad guys" are not. The near successful attack in Saudi Arabia proves this. If successful the effects on our economy and our national interests could have been catastrophic. The fact that the reality of such a near miss merits as much attention as any other sound bite confirms my worst fear. It is going to take the loss of an American city before the far left loons wake up and realize this is not about Parisian politics and not about bringing down a Bush or Cheney. An Obama can preach all the good faith he likes but for those who would actually set off a nuclear device at Grand Central it will not matter.
I live in New York City and I love my life here but not a day goes by that I don't realize I'm playing Russian Roulette by living here and it's starting to scare the hell out of me.
