Quote:The threat we were told about was the proliferation of wmds in an age where all you need is a plane ticket a passport or a trip to mexico in order to kill thousands of americans

And look how much good it's done. North Korea probably still has nukes, Iran may yet get them, Pakistan and India are constantly minutes away from turning each other into glow-in-the-dark parking lots, and one could still easily kill thousands of Americans with nothing more than a plane ticket or a dirty bomb on the beach in Tijuana.

 

Edit to elaborate on the plane tickets, since I suspect I'll be challenged on the basis of TSA and air marshals:

 

The TSA routinely fails audits in which fake guns, fake knives, lead pipes, even mock bombs are taken through security. Those highly-vaunted microwave ovens you get to go through and be digitally strip-searched in? Even before the "Gumby" software was installed, they were still comically easy to defeat. I've inadvertently done so myself with a small Swiss Army Knife on a couple of occasions. I've taken multi-tools through in my carry-on, multi-tools with knives on them, multiple times. I'm to the point where I have a cheap, throwaway multi-tool and, if I'm traveling for work and not checking a bag, I'll just place it in my carry-on and accept that I might lose it. So far, I haven't.

 

Air marshals are hilarious. Want to know how easy it is to find out if there's one on your flight? If your airline allows it, book seat 2D. If the seat displays as open and it won't let you book it, FAM. If the seat is reassigned during check-in, FAM. If you're flying on a cattle-car airline and a guy who is apparently uninjured and carrying a black bag is quietly allowed on prior to or with preboard passengers, the smart money says you'll see him in seat 2D when you get on. FAM. I'm an infrequent business traveler at this point, I mean the country no harm, and I know exactly how to spot a FAM getting onto a plane. This country is that lazy about its "security".

 

Point being, the "war on terror" has accomplished nothing other than getting a lot of people killed on both sides and stripping Americans of their rights and dignity. Oh, and padding the pockets of a handful of people who were filthy rich going in. Hillary Clinton lied about what happened in Benghazi, and she should face consequences for it. I don't believe she's fit to be President regardless of what happened there. But you cannot argue with a straight face that special committees and inquests into Benghazi are justified, while special committees and inquests into 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan are not needed.

 

Know why there's been so much buzz about Benghazi and none about the events leading up to it over the last 15 years? Because the main face behind Benghazi is a popular Democrat running for President, and the body "investigating" it is loaded with Republicans who recognize that they have no viable candidate to run against her. That same party has no interest in staining itself by calling for new investigations into old profiteering and war crimes. They're too busy putting together "special committees" (i.e., doing nothing while making it look like they care) about Planned Parenthood.

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