Reply #14: I think terrorism is a boogeyman.

[porkrind]

How many US citizens have we lost to terrorism in the last 3 years? Maybe ~4,000 including 9/11 and not including soldiers killed in this pointless war. For comparison, about:

100,000 people die each year in the US from medical malpractice
40,000 from car accidents,
15,000 from falls,
14,000 from accidental poisoning and chemical exposure,
30,000 from suicide,
20,000 from assault,
etc. ... you get the idea.

Don't we have bigger problems to worry about? All of these police and military agencies are mainly about protecting corporate interests abroad, war profiteering, creating a market for the military-industrial complex, and finally, providing a diversionary enemy to unite right-wingers and distract attention from the real ills of this country.

"To coordinate all those agencies" my ass.

:dem:

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