Complacency

I posted the following rant on AmericanConservatives.net and I've decided to repeat it here. It was inspired mainly by reading this entry on Brink Lindsey's blog.

Right after 9/11, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. The anthrax scare, although scary, didn't seem to be the other shoe. But I realize now that the terrorists are waiting. They've been waiting for us to think things are back to "normal" again. They've been waiting for us to be lulled back into complacency. I agree with many who have said that the decision to not allow pilots to be armed sends a dangerous signal that we are not serious in this fight against terrorism. It is a sign of weakness to our enemies that people are still worried about PC bullcrap and "racial profiling", that the "federalized/professionalized" airport security are more likely to search little old ladies than middle-easterners, and that anybody still listens to anything CAIR has to say. Our enemies think we are weak and decadent, and as much as I hate to say this, we as a people are not doing much to prove them wrong.

How many more people are going to have to die before we buck up, get strong, tell the people who are spreading weakness in America to shut the hell up, and do what we need to do?