I was reminded of an old Ron Paul article with all this nonsense going on now in the news:
The Lessons of 9/11 by Rep. Ron Paul
...There are two other lessons that must be learned if we hope to benefit by studying and trying to explain the disaster that hit us on 9/11. If we fail to learn them, we cannot be made safer and the opposite is more likely to occur.
The first point is to understand who assumes most of the responsibility for the security of our homes and businesses in a free society. It’s not the police. There are too few of them, and it’s not their job to stand guard outside our houses or places of business. More crime occurs in the inner city, where there are not only more police, but more restrictions on property owners’ rights to bear and use weapons if invaded by hoodlums. In safer rural areas, where every home has a gun and someone in it who is willing to use it is, there is no false dependency on the police protecting them, but full reliance on the owner’s responsibility to deal with any property violators. This understanding works rather well – at least better than in the inner cities where the understanding is totally different.
How does this apply to the 9/11 tragedies? The airline owners accepted the rules of the inner city rather than those of rural America. They all assumed that the government was in charge of airline security – and unfortunately, by law, it was. Not only were the airlines complacent about security, but the FAA dictated all the rules relating to potential hijacking. Chemical plants or armored truck companies that carry money make the opposite assumption, and private guns do a reasonably good job in providing security. Evidently we think more of our money and chemical plants than we do our passengers on airplanes.
The complacency of the airlines is one thing, but the intrusiveness of the FAA is another. Two specific regulations proved to be disastrous for dealing with the thugs who, without even a single gun, took over four airliners and created the havoc of 9/11. Both the prohibition against guns in cockpits and precise instructions that crews not resist hijackers contributed immensely to the horrors of 9/11.
Instead of immediately legalizing a natural right of personal self-defense guaranteed by an explicit Second Amendment freedom, we still do not have armed pilots in the sky. Instead of more responsibility being given to the airlines, the government has taken over the entire process. This has been encouraged by the airline owners, who seek subsidies and insurance protection. Of course, the nonsense of never resisting has been forever vetoed by all passengers.
Unfortunately, the biggest failure of our government will be ignored. I’m sure the Commission will not connect our foreign policy of interventionism – practiced by both major parties for over a hundred years – as an important reason 9/11 occurred. Instead, the claims will stand that the motivation behind 9/11 was our freedom, prosperity, and way of life. If this error persists, all the tinkering and money to improve the intelligence agencies will bear little fruit.
Over the years the entire psychology of national defense has been completely twisted. Very little attention had been directed toward protecting our national borders and providing homeland security.
Our attention, all too often, was and still is directed outward toward distant lands. Now a significant number of our troops are engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq. We’ve kept troops in Korea for over 50 years, and thousands of troops remain in Europe and in over 130 other countries. This twisted philosophy of ignoring national borders while pursuing an empire created a situation where Seoul, Korea, was better protected than Washington, DC, on 9/11. These priorities must change, but I’m certain the 9/11 Commission will not address this issue...
Video:
(2004) Ron Paul Discusses the 9/11 Report & other Issues
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt64PwS5WTg]YouTube - More Secrets, More Surveillance, Less Security[/ame]
[ame=http://www.livevideo.com/video/ConspiracyCentral/8597403EC7E240D1B17A1B8B7F1F31F8/ron-paul-to-rudy-read-the-9-1.aspx]Ron Paul to Rudy "Read the 9/11 Report!" - Ron Paul on CNN - Channel: ConspiracyCentral on LiveVideo.com[/ame]
1998 -
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJTisovvjc]YouTube - Ron Paul Predicted 9/11 a Decade Ago!!!!!!!!!!!![/ame]
Current-
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni4GVWvT2Zs]YouTube - Fmr Asst TSA Admin - checkpoints violate 4th amendment[/ame]
Current headlines:
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TSA: Despite objections, all passengers must be screened - CNN.com
Full Frontal Nudity Doesn’t Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA - Art Carden - The Economic Imagination - Forbes
U.S. officials defend new airport screening procedures | Reuters
Hearings - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
Napolitano: Scanners are safe, pat-downs discreet - USATODAY.com
Backlash Over New Body Scanners « CBS Philly – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of Philadelphia
What say YOU?
Edited by Durchii, 07 August 2011 - 03:21 AM.
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