So the 9-11 Commission has determined that everybody is to blame, but it isn't
anybody's fault?
It appears that our pre-9-11 priorities, like a big Reagan-era missile defense shield, reflected a fiscally inept administration stuck in the '80s -- hardly what taxpayers need considering these CIA, NSA, FBI guys are supposed to have a heads up on the rest of us.
So how can we turn a massive political and administrative fumble into something productive? I think we could start by holding our politicians accountable, considering it is, well, their jobs to do their jobs well.
I suspect, as Randy implies, that the commission's findings will just degenerate into a faceless blob of shame and nothing in Washington will change. We'll bash a couple of baggage handlers, issue a couple of woulda-coulda-shouldas and go back to partisan politics furthering their causes at the expense of the greater good.
Which I guess is what everybody wants because it's all about looking better than your adversary, even if that means we have to forget the trauma and toll that brought us to this cynical state of helplessness.
I have to wonder, what is the function of a government inherently structured to serve itself and its own kind? I'm not advocating for self rule, but these losers put their careers ahead of our safety. What can they actually, physically do to change the political culture and instill some accountability and faith in the system?
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