"Vulnerable"

I was recently afforded the opportunity to hear a well regarded speaker discuss the "Vulnerabilities" that confront our very way of life here in the United States of America.

The speaker commenced his discussion with a brief story of how the "Lessons of Our Lives" are often sometimes hard to learn or even appreciate at the time these situations happen.

He then went on to discuss the events of September 11, 2001 and how we in the United States are still "vulnerable" today.  Additionally he informed us that eternal vigilance is required to keep America Safe.

I learned that the planning for 9-11 took a total of five years.  Our enemy, focused on how our Country reacted to Airplane Hi-jackings over the span of the past 30 some years and employed tactics to con the passengers on the first two planes that hit the Twin Towers in New York City.

Because of "cell phone technology" the passengers on the plane that eventually crashed in Pennsylvania knew what was going to happen to them.  Thus they stormed the cockpit to avoid the unknown target of their Hi-jackers.  These Heroes saved the "potential target" from great harm and possibly the loss of many, many more lives.

The "con" the enemy employed was the fact that in the past our Airliners and Government usually gave in to the Hi-jackers.  The Hi-jackers on 9-11 were counting on the same reaction to execute their missions.  They were successful in executing three of the four missions. 

The speaker then discussed that our Country is still "vulnerable" today.  Do we know what our enemy/s have planned or are even planning as I compose this Blog Post today? 

When the word "vulnerable" is used as an adjective is means:  "Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed."  I would have to agree with the speaker at this event.  We are still vulnerable today, in spite of what we as a Country have accomplished as regards security measures.  I would submit that we all, our elected and even appointed leaders need to commence thinking like a potential enemy.  Where are our weak areas?  What have we overlooked? 

As a Society we have accepted the human mantra of "Our Fellow Peoplekind Are Decent And Respect Our Way Of Life!"   This may be how we conducted our foreign affairs in the past, but I would remind you of the terrible attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.  Our Government had incorrectly assumed that "Japan could not attack our base so far away from their homeland." 

We now know better.  What are we currently doing to insure our current and future safety?  First of all, we as citizens and our duly elected leaders as well as our appointed leaders must acknowledge and admit that "Yes We Are At War!!!"

Once we accept that germane fact we can proceed with appropriate funding and actions to prevent an attack or at least decrease our vulnerability to such an attack.  Will it be easy?  Of course not, but I would humbly suggest that rather than focus on the feel good programs that now appear to be the focus of our Federal Government we need to reassess our National Priorities and plan to protect American Interest both here in the United States and Abroad.

When I state the "feel good programs" I am specifically addressing the plethora of programs that our Government has in place to buy the votes of "We The People!"

As we engage in our daily living I think that it is important that we always remember September 11, 2001.  We are vulnerable today.  We may not desire to acknowledge that fact or we may not want to conduct appropriate planning for our future security however as the speaker at this event informed us:  "We are as vulnerable today as we were on 9-11 because of our current policies!!!"  This my dear fellow American Citizens is a fact of life.

In summary, I would suggest that "We The People" need to wake up before it is too late.  Additionally we must all work to educated our duly elected leaders that yes, "We Are At War!!"