Comments on: Lunacy of the highest order…Osama Bin Laden’s death means that the “war on terror is over” http://blog.towerbank.net/thinking/lunacy-of-the-highest-order-osama-bin-ladens-death-means-that-the-war-on-terror-is-over/ Obvious Insights with Graig Stettner of Tower Private Advisors. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: dave http://blog.towerbank.net/thinking/lunacy-of-the-highest-order-osama-bin-ladens-death-means-that-the-war-on-terror-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-7159 dave Mon, 02 May 2011 15:03:22 +0000 http://blog.towerbank.net/?p=2732#comment-7159 Thank you, Graig. I totally agree with you. If anything, i am struck by fact that radical Islamists are far more dangerous to us than Communists ever were. This is not to diminish the threat of Communism. But radical Islamists believe that killing Americans is a path to Heaven.

And perhaps worse they blame us for their plight instead of their own culture & govts. It’s not an accident that many of the countries with the most natural resources are among the poorest; and that some countries w/o natural resources are among the most advanced, e.g., England & Japan. Culture matters.

Furthermore, it’s my belief that we have only been lucky since 9/11 because the U.S. is full of “soft” targets that we cannot nor will not protect. And i’m not merely referring to landmarks.

Regarding the economy, yesterday i was struck by the fact that 5 of 6 commercial structures across the street from our convention center were empty.

And lastly, complacency is perhaps even a greater threat than radical Islam.

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