Failure Is Not An Option
I am writing this column on Dec. 7–you remember, the date that lives in infamy? Could you imagine the reaction back in 1941 had the public learned the government knew such an attack was possible, even probable, but had still not prepared an adequate defense? Worse yet, what if our enemies had pulled off a second sneak attack, exposing the fact that the government had learned nothing from 12/7, or had simply ignored the lessons of that dark day?
These were the thoughts that crossed my mind the day after reading that the 9/11 Commission had given Uncle Sam failing grades on many aspects of homeland security. Have we learned nothing from the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
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