The terrorists won because we overreacted just like they knew we would.

In the United States, how many people have been killed per year by terrorism? Far fewer than have been killed by the rarest diseases which we spend comparatively nothing on. Far less than the suicides brought on by the stress of living under a constant invisible threat. Very few people. 911 was just Big and In Your Face because it was on TV and you could see the pain and distress of these poor souls right in your living room over and over and over and over again.

But think about this before you call me a cold old crotchet. If we didn’t react any more strongly to 911 than we do to all of these faceless suicides and other senseless fatalities what motivation would there be for these terrorists to proceed with planning more attacks? Simply none. By simply acknowledging the suffering of the victims and moving on we would shown the wisdom that would have stopped the onslaught.

Bin Laden said he would bankrupt us. We let him do that. Look at the state of the dollar, it’s on the toilet paper spiral due to our ballooning debts to fight a war that was never appropriate to begin in the first place.

Let’s dispel one big myth that seems to have set hold in the fear infested society of today’s America. Terrorists are not irrational people. Even suicide bombers have reasons. In Afghanistan at least the majority of them are afflicted by a terminal illness and they just want to make some money for their families before they die.

While the official pictures given out by the government of the suspected Infamous 911 19 seem to contain persons still living, it is pretty safe to say that those who participated did not feel they had much life left to live.

By continuing to feed the Hollywood style media that exploits this type of tragedy we have worked ourselves into a frenzy that has spiraled out of control. It’s time to wake up people.

Elect someone with some sense and some spine.

My personal choice is Kucinich as he is the person with more guts and sense that I have seen in politics for a long time.