If there is one thing that Obama can do its give a speech. Hei s a master at it, he can sit there and speak with the utmost confidence about a whole host of issues. In his latest public appearance Mr. Obama discusses the failure of our security system that allowed the Christmas Day bomber to board a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit with explosives on his person.
This has been one of the hottest storied on the news, and it is interesting because I can recall sitting at home watching the television when the CNN app on my iphone went off and I got a text saying ” man attempts to set off fire crackers on board flight.”
How in the world did we go from fire crackers, to an alleged Al Queda member plotting to destroy the country? In any case, Obama is determined to get to the bottom of the collapse in security and he did quite a job attempting to quit the masses in their cries for answers and accountability.
I have heard various different sides of this story. Some people fault Obama for his lack of initiative in revamping the current security program in the country. Others , including the White House blame the previous Administration for their lack of an organized reporting system to track and prevent such events from occuring, others blame other countries security in airports.
The bottom line is, you can blame whoever you want. But no one is at fault. The only person who is at fault is the person who decided to commit this crime. He is the one who made the decision to board the plane and attempt to blow himself up along with 300 other people. He is the only who can hold the blame in this instance.
I think a concept that people are having a hard time trying to understand is the fact that fighting terrorism, preventing terrorism is like preventing a bank robbery, a murder, a car theft, a thought, an idea, a desire. You simply cannot do it. It is impossible to check every single person and their intentions. Mechanical interventions can only do so much. Someone is bound to slip through the cracks unless we focus on the real issue.
The real issue is not the threat of terrorism. Terrorism has been around for a long time and is not going anywhere soon. The war on terror is like the war on drugs, hard faught, lots of resources – few results.
Instead of shoveling billions of dollars into this “war” we need to figure out a way to extinguish the desire for these actions to occur. Perhaps set a better example for the world? If the desire to commit these acts is not there, than they will not have the opportunity to occur.
