The general apathy and disinterest in foreign affairs is worrisome. Hopefully, the resurgence in awareness after 9/11 will remain but I have doubts for the long term.
Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:02 PM Subject: Re: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > He had deal with the same problem that Clinton had to deal with; apathy of the >American public. I remember when the Cole was bombed. A few weeks later at a Halloween party, me and 3 of my friends started to talk about it and how tragic it was and two other people asked what happened. We briefly explained to them what had happened and they said "Oh yeah, that whole boat bombing thing. Did anyone get hurt?" Not really. 17 US Sailors died, that's all. This party was at our house which was on Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. A US Army post and these were people inside the Intelligence community who worked in a Navy Intelligence installation. That same sort of reaction, at least for me, personified the reaction from this country. It's no secret that I'm no Clinton fan, but he seemed to > really want to do something about it, but the momentum just wasn't there. There was >no public outcry that I remember. The media just sort of covered it, but in a very sanitary, non-provocative sort of way. I remember being really upset by that. not at the media per se, but at the people of this country, that they just didn't seem to care. unfortunately, 9/11 was the wake up call that this country needed. > > Even if Bush was determined to stop terrorism before 9/11 (which I don't recall him >talking about it as if it were a priority), I don't think that he would have had the support to do so. > > Michael Corrigan ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
