Reply #214: National Security or Insecurity?

[denek]

With all of this painting of Democrats being soft on security let's take an educated look at what is being “sold” to the public. First, the neo-con thugs have been selling “fear” since September 11, 2001, a tragedy that occurred under their watch! As for information, they had more information pertaining to such a happening, and without illegal wiretaps, yet they not only did nothing about that information, there is evidence that Dick Cheney even ordered a complete stand down of our military that would have limited the deaths of that day. It is also known the Secret Service in charge of protecting our President, as well as those assigned to the protection of our Secretary of Defense, did nothing to protect those individuals. How did they know those individuals were not in harm's way? So, since that day the corporate media has been portraying them, the neo-cons, as the protectors of our lives. Yikes, under fire, they proved to do nothing! Next, let's discuss “national security.” Is stripping the citizenry of their civil liberties, their freedoms, making us more secure? Did the Germans under the Nazi regime have security? Their government was off invading countries who supposedly posed a threat to the German people, had ultra-intelligence gathering devices in place (okay, spying), had stripped the citizens of their civil liberties in the name of keeping them secure, had implemented detention centers in which “enemies of the state” were held and even tortured in order to gain information that would show they were trying to keep their people secure, controlled what information the citizens received, and destroyed their economy. Sound familiar? Still feel secure? As for the Democrats, where are they in educating the people of what is happening to our democracy? As the actions of the neo-cons has nothing to do with keeping America secure, neither does the silence of the democrats.