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I know that, for better or worse, one
of the hallmarks of this show is talking about all the different threats we
face. Radical Islam, Iran, cyber-terrorism, Putin, Chavez, middle east oil,
terror at school, illegal immigration...the list goes on and on (and on) and
they're all very real. However, I've recently had something of an epiphany and I
need to change -- or, maybe it's clarify -- my threat assessment.
The Real Story is that the
biggest, most pressing, most imminent threat we face...is from within. I call it
my "When A Stranger Calls" theory because "the threat is coming from INSIDE the
country!"
Ever since 9/11 I've been saying that no one can defeat us but ourselves. I know
that's an old cliché, but I believe it now more than ever. America is like the
driver who's so busy looking out for other cars that might hit him that he
doesn't even realize his own engine is overheating and about to catch on fire.
A few years ago, when asked about the worst thing that could happen to America,
General Tommy Franks said something that should make the hairs on the back of
your neck stand up. He said that the biggest threat we face is, quote, "...a
massive casualty-producing event...that causes our population to question our
own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a
repeat of another mass-casualty-producing event. Which, in fact, then begins to
potentially unravel the fabric of our Constitution."
He's talking about an event that causes us to forsake our Democracy for the sake
of Democracy -- something that only seems rational when you're watching a
mushroom cloud rise over Los Angeles. And that is exactly the situation that
scares the hell out of Newt Gingrich as well. He recently told the National
Press Club that we should all be prepared for the day after we lose a city, when
our civil liberties have vanished.
Newt summed up in fifteen seconds what I've been feeling for months. Outside
threats like Islamic extremists may light the fuse, but it's the anger, the
frustration, the division, and the fear we've created inside our own borders
that will be ignited by that fuse and will, quite possibly, destroy our own
constitution when it finally explodes.
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