Posted on Nov 18, 2015
Should we Refuse To Live In Fear After The Attacks In Paris?
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Should we Refuse To Live In Fear After The Attacks In Paris?
Nice article that I thought I would copy, paste, and share with the RP Community this morning. Do you agree? I agree! We as a free people must refuse to let terrorism or terrorists scare us or dictate our mindsets.
Military families know better than anyone the threat posed by ISIS, but we must refuse to let them instill fear.
http://taskandpurpose.com/why-i-refuse-to-live-in-fear-after-the-attacks-in-paris/
By Jane Horton
Jane is a veterans and Gold Star family advocate, military and casualty policy advisor, as well as a writer and commentator based in Washington D.C. She is the proud wife of Spc. Christopher Horton, an Army sniper killed in action on September 9, 2011, in Paktia, Afghanistan. Follow Jane Horton on Twitter @JaneMHorton
Nice article that I thought I would copy, paste, and share with the RP Community this morning. Do you agree? I agree! We as a free people must refuse to let terrorism or terrorists scare us or dictate our mindsets.
Military families know better than anyone the threat posed by ISIS, but we must refuse to let them instill fear.
http://taskandpurpose.com/why-i-refuse-to-live-in-fear-after-the-attacks-in-paris/
By Jane Horton
Jane is a veterans and Gold Star family advocate, military and casualty policy advisor, as well as a writer and commentator based in Washington D.C. She is the proud wife of Spc. Christopher Horton, an Army sniper killed in action on September 9, 2011, in Paktia, Afghanistan. Follow Jane Horton on Twitter @JaneMHorton
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Absolutely.
Some objectives of terrorist organizations remain unchanged. It does not matter the group, the time, the place or even the ideology. Terror and violence, and the threat they pose, real or imagined, is intended to provoke a reaction. A reaction, that works to that groups advantage.
If you bomb a plane and the government tighten security against its citizens in response as a way of preventing you from repeating the event - you win. Each time an individual changes their behavior in response to your actions - you win.
This does not mean the individual and/or the state should not take some prudent precaution (if there is a bear In your neighborhood, you do not leave you take precautions). However, the initial tendency is one of over reaction, and in many cases, because they can be done, implementation of measures which would not have helped if they pre-existed the attack.
Living your life inspite [to spite] of the terror! as hard as that can seem, is a loss for the terrorist.
Some objectives of terrorist organizations remain unchanged. It does not matter the group, the time, the place or even the ideology. Terror and violence, and the threat they pose, real or imagined, is intended to provoke a reaction. A reaction, that works to that groups advantage.
If you bomb a plane and the government tighten security against its citizens in response as a way of preventing you from repeating the event - you win. Each time an individual changes their behavior in response to your actions - you win.
This does not mean the individual and/or the state should not take some prudent precaution (if there is a bear In your neighborhood, you do not leave you take precautions). However, the initial tendency is one of over reaction, and in many cases, because they can be done, implementation of measures which would not have helped if they pre-existed the attack.
Living your life inspite [to spite] of the terror! as hard as that can seem, is a loss for the terrorist.
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I will not and refuse to. Extreme vigilance and preparation is the key. Keep your head on a swivel and maintain situational awareness, especially when out at large venues, shopping malls, athletic events, etc. Anything can happen at anytime.
It's not just overseas threats, it's domestic too. Unfortunately it seems we have almost as many American whack jobs running around. You have these people who's father didn't praise them enough or their mom didn't breast feed them enough and felt they never fit in anywhere for whatever reason, perceived or otherwise. Then after sitting in their mom's basement watching YouTube video's and chatting in chatroom's for months and years on end they buy up an arsenal and go on a murderous rampage.
To be honest i'm more concerned about that than the overseas whack jobs.
It's not just overseas threats, it's domestic too. Unfortunately it seems we have almost as many American whack jobs running around. You have these people who's father didn't praise them enough or their mom didn't breast feed them enough and felt they never fit in anywhere for whatever reason, perceived or otherwise. Then after sitting in their mom's basement watching YouTube video's and chatting in chatroom's for months and years on end they buy up an arsenal and go on a murderous rampage.
To be honest i'm more concerned about that than the overseas whack jobs.
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As long as we take time to know what's going on in our communities and around the world and just being prepared, we have no reason to fear. You don't expect to have a flat tire but you always have a spare and the tools needed to change the flat. You might be a concealed carrier, not looking for a gun fight, but just being prepared for when something might happen if it ever does. Of course I also believe that our elected officials in office should be considering the safety, welfare, and best interest of our country and its citizens before they start aiding other countries that are questionable.
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Fear no, but I am more aware of my surroundings and when I go to certain place. I guess that means they did affect my lifestyle to a certain extent. I will not let my teenage daughter go to the mall on black Friday, and when I take here to the new Hunger Games movie I’ll be more aware of who is coming and going into the theater. I see these as normal precautions. If it was just me then who cares? I need to watch out for my family.
I’ve always carried a gun wherever I go and try to be aware of my surroundings without crossing the line to total paranoia. I’ve always sat in resturaunts with my back to the wall. Now if we start seeing suicide bombers here in the US, well I guess there’s not much I can do about that other than staying away from all crowds. I’m not willing to change my life that much.
I’ve always carried a gun wherever I go and try to be aware of my surroundings without crossing the line to total paranoia. I’ve always sat in resturaunts with my back to the wall. Now if we start seeing suicide bombers here in the US, well I guess there’s not much I can do about that other than staying away from all crowds. I’m not willing to change my life that much.
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We should not live in fear, but to remember what has happened in the past and stay hyper-vigilant
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I don't fear any of them. I have come to accept the fact that this president has made us more vulnerable to attack and continues to do so attempting to admit "refugees" we cannot vet because no documentation exists to validate them.
I would suggest that those of you that are comfortable carrying a weapon do so. It might save your life or others if push comes to shove.
I would suggest that those of you that are comfortable carrying a weapon do so. It might save your life or others if push comes to shove.
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If anyone believes BO is listening to his top advisers, they would be wrong. Here is what the National Intelligence and FBI Directors are saying with regard to vetting. It's not about fear of the refugees, it's about the administration being tone-deaf. I'm not afraid of confronting a terrorist in our country, I just believe it's the governments responsibility to ensure it doesn't come to that.
“I don’t, obviously, put it past the likes of ISIL to infiltrate operatives among these refugees, so that’s a huge concern of ours,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a security industry conference in September, using another name for the Islamic State. He added that the government has “a pretty aggressive program” for screening refugees but that he is less confident about European nations.
FBI Director James Comey added in congressional testimony last month that “a number of people who were of serious concern” slipped through the screening of Iraq War refugees, including two arrested on terrorism-related charges. “There’s no doubt that was the product of a less than excellent vetting,” he said.
Although Comey said the process has since “improved dramatically,” Syrian refugees will be even harder to check because, unlike in Iraq, U.S. soldiers have not been on the ground collecting information on the local population. “If we don’t know much about somebody, there won’t be anything in our data,” he said. “I can’t sit here and offer anybody an absolute assurance that there’s no risk associated with this.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/11/17/senior-obama-officials-have-warned-of-challenges-in-screening-refugees-from-syria/
“I don’t, obviously, put it past the likes of ISIL to infiltrate operatives among these refugees, so that’s a huge concern of ours,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a security industry conference in September, using another name for the Islamic State. He added that the government has “a pretty aggressive program” for screening refugees but that he is less confident about European nations.
FBI Director James Comey added in congressional testimony last month that “a number of people who were of serious concern” slipped through the screening of Iraq War refugees, including two arrested on terrorism-related charges. “There’s no doubt that was the product of a less than excellent vetting,” he said.
Although Comey said the process has since “improved dramatically,” Syrian refugees will be even harder to check because, unlike in Iraq, U.S. soldiers have not been on the ground collecting information on the local population. “If we don’t know much about somebody, there won’t be anything in our data,” he said. “I can’t sit here and offer anybody an absolute assurance that there’s no risk associated with this.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/11/17/senior-obama-officials-have-warned-of-challenges-in-screening-refugees-from-syria/
Senior Obama officials have warned of challenges in screening refugees from Syria
Vetting Syrian refugees poses a quandary: how do you screen people from a war-torn country that has few criminal and terrorist databases to check?
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Guns and ammo... That's the only answer.... Oh wait... And faith too.
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