This has been a case of overkill by
the media. This story is not nearly as big as they made it out to be. The
police got to dress up in their costumes, blood thirsty Americans got to
salivate at the prospect of killing these guys and the American public got to
be scared again.
It is so easy to manipulate public
reaction in our country. This story never had any relevance on a national
scale. Maybe it had some interest to those in the local area but people in
Texas didn't have to hide in their cellars and shake in fear.
Americans are such chickens today.
It makes one wonder how today's society would have held up when the Soviets had
10,000 nuclear warheads aimed at us during the Cold War. Brave people in those
days did not shake in fear and they prevented a nuclear war. If people were as
scared back then as they are today, people exploiting that fear would have
destroyed mankind.
Just imagine what would have
happened if Cheney/Bush were in charge during the Cuban Missile Crises. Who is
elected president does matter. We all like to brag about how tough we are as a
nation. Let's start showing some of that bravery.
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