>>>>I have to say the US deserved better than that.
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>>>>Once again....no attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11....end of story
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>>>Not the end of the story because we have to go on living in the world as it is today. Our actions since 9/11 have made it a riskier place overall, rather than a safer place. We have to look not just at whether there have been attacks on US soil, but whether Americans elsewhere have been targeted, whether our friends have been targeted, and at whether there are more or fewer people who want to attack Americans, since we're going to have to keep dealing with those who do.
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>>>Tamar
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>>While I agree with you, as I posted to Slyvain, some of the changes have been quite successful in preventing terrorist attacks:
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>>This list only covers 9-11 --> November 2007:
>>http://www.heritage.org/research/HomelandDefense/bg2085.cfm
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>>Another interesting article:
>>http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/04/21/techniques-worked-may-have-prevented-los-angeles-terror-attack/
>>And this harvard one:
>>http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18249/preventing_terrorist_attacks.html
>
>But what we'll never know is which attacks that were prevented might never have been planned if our behavior after 9/11 had been more prudent. Not to mention how many more about being planned today because of the way we behaved.
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>Tamar

True, although terrorist have always been plotting, just not so many and to such an extent. The success of 9/11 itself and the international attention brought enticed more terrorists to plot attacks as well.