9/11 was a really, really big event, but it was not devastating. Not even close.
But another substantial attack here, particularly one involving wmd's, will be that: devastating. Why? Because we unleashed our most powerful non-nuclear response to 9/11 - and it didn't work. It didn't work in terms of catching the leader of the gang who pulled it off, and it didn't work to establish authority in the ME. That invasion is not only a total failure, it has set a stage that invites another attack. We are more hated today then we were on 9/11 and we are knee keep in war already. How will we respond to another attack? Suppose it involves a new-name gang of people extracted from a bunch of countries - what are we going to do then, nuke the entire world? Had we not been duped into that invasion in response to 9/11, had we not allowed PNAC/neocon philosophy to spring full force into action, we'd still have the perception of the mightiest military in history and in the world, we'd still have friends, and we'd still speak with righteousness. But those powers are degraded now. Also diminished is respect, the worst thing that can happen to a living thing, be it a person or a state. Without respect, you're ignored even if you're right. Without respect you lose dignity, and without dignity you cannot stand among those with it. Our stature in the world is diminished now, and that means things like when we do get more involved with the UN, we'll have less clout. If means that instead of growing acceptance for American Standards in so many areas, other countries will move to fill the gap. China, for example, almost certainly isn't going to look so much up to MS as down. Germany, long renowned for engineering skills, can easily step in to set world-wide engineering standards, including software, such as the highly regarded SAP product. Our closest friend and ally, Britain, now looks at us with doubt and suspicion. Now I hear that James Baker is being brought in to provide a way out of the mess we're in. Listening to him on TV, I hear him saying that we've got to not move forward from where we are, and to leave the past alone. Totally wrong answer! The truth is that we have to come to terms with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth - and then we can go forward. >From what I can see, Baker is avoiding words like PNAC and neocon, as do most of the other published critics. Everyone in print and on the TV wants to talk about some other angle. This is wrong because it avoids the heart of the riddle: the philosophy, the attitude that brought about the invasion and jerked us into the quicksand of misguided war. Jung clearly and carefully explained that the past, the present and the future are inextricably bound and dependent on each other, that continuity is unavoidable, that attempts to cut the chain are futile at best, psychologically destructive at worst. While we do have the ability to bury the past in our unconscious, we're only burying something that will fester and need to be extricated in the future, because burying it doesn't make it go away. Consciousness is achieved by bringing the light of day into the darkness of the unconscious - not by burying more stuff into it! Now, maybe another attack is unavoidable, but it seems very clear that we should at least be doing our very best to stop such a thing from happening. While the neocon mindset has us busy building walls, our real enemies are laughing their asses off. Ask yourself this question: "If I wanted to, could I deliver a package to Washington undetected?". Someone might say "But Big Brother already sees everything, so it can't be done", but again the real enemy just laughs. Just how many real-world examples must be presented to make this point perfectly clear? So, no, Mr. Baker, don't even think about burying the past. You need quite the opposite, to come to terms with the philosophy that brought about that invasion - because only then can you stand up to it. And only by standing up to it can you show the world that yes, we were duped, but we're come to terms with it. People are not unsympathetic to those who see when they wrong, but grossly so when lies are perpetuated. The ringleaders that made that invasion happen need to be brought to trial for what they did. Only then will justice be served; only then can we excise ourselves of the errant philosophy that says "might is right" and "the ends justify the means", and only then can we put Humpty-Dumpty back together again and resume life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Let's re-group and try the "lead-by-example" approach. The warmongers shouted the longest and the loudest, and got their way. But now look at what they've done to see how very wrong they were. 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