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Blogging Circle-Terrorism

It's been 20 years since 9/11. Do you feel the battle against terrorism is better off or is it worse?
Do you think we've got a handle on far-right extremism or are we in over our heads?


I believe I am not in a position to judge. There is so much knowledge that the government agencies have that tell them day to day about activity on the Internet, etc. I think there is probably all types of attacks that are stopped that we know nothing about unless they are on a huge scale. I have to trust our elected officials who nominate the heads of NSA, CIA, and FBI agencies. That is why it is so important to make sure voting rights are protected for all. We should be well informed about people that are running for office, starting at the local level. We should all support our candidates in whatever way we can.

I definitely think far-right extremism is a huge threat. The Director of National Intelligence has said, for the last 5 years, that it is our major terror challenge. There are far too many lonely people that have problems with "government interference" in their lives, or feel people from other countries or cultures are taking their jobs and country away. These people stay away from main stream news and form their own groups. The information they take in is from others that feel like they do. That is as frightening as a religious cult like Jim Jones or the way Isis recruits people.
I think we al have to be vigilant and “if we see something, say something”.

The very acts that were carried out on the Capital on Jan. 6th need to be fully investigated so we can make sure that doesn't happen again. It appears enough people don't seem to be concerned about that insurrection. I often think of those heroes that gave their lives on 9/11 to keep that plane from hitting our Capital. What would they think?