How will the public act after the next attack? - Page 2

Undertoad · 03-17-2004, 08:07 AM

I can't stop thinking about Uryoces' statement in the other thread that "...the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a fluke due to disintegrating relations between the FBI and the CIA". That may be - I dunno - but if the real reason for the attack is that law enforcement can't do what it needs to do in order to prevent one, then another attack is inevitable. If it CAN be done, it probably WILL be done.

Law enforcement's attitude will be a reflection of the public's desires, and if the public believes it is safe, enforcement will relax accordingly. It has to; if politics between government organizations is more important than protection, inevitably that condition will be allowed to occur.

The question then is what the public reaction will be to the second attack. Historically the reaction has been to fight back with enormous resolve, but I don't understand people, and don't know what they'll do. The resolve after 9/11 fell away pretty damn fast and now anti-terror is lower on the list of public priorities. How long will the resolve last next time? What will it demand?

03-17-2004, 08:07 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	How will the public act after the next attack? I can't stop thinking about Uryoces' statement in the other thread that "...the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a fluke due to disintegrating relations between the FBI and the CIA". That may be - I dunno - but if the real reason for the attack is that law enforcement can't do what it needs to do in order to prevent one, then another attack is inevitable. If it CAN be done, it probably WILL be done. Law enforcement's attitude will be a reflection of the public's desires, and if the public believes it is safe, enforcement will relax accordingly. It has to; if politics between government organizations is more important than protection, inevitably that condition will be allowed to occur. The question then is what the public reaction will be to the second attack. Historically the reaction has been to fight back with enormous resolve, but I don't understand people, and don't know what they'll do. The resolve after 9/11 fell away pretty damn fast and now anti-terror is lower on the list of public priorities. How long will the resolve last next time? What will it demand?

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