Ok, let's do a count. So far in the US in 2015 there have been 25 people killed and 30 wounded in terror attacks attributed to Islamic terrorists. There have been 12 killed and 10 wounded in terrorist attacks not attributed to Islamic terrorists. That is a total of 37 dead and 40 wounded from all forms of terrorist attacks. That data is from
Terrorist attacks and related incidents in the United States compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston. If our boat is leaking it sure isn't leaking very badly.
Also as far as I can recall these deaths all occurred in the initial attack. Calling in an elite strike force seems to me to be a massive overkill. All of them seem to have been readily handled by local police. The manhunt for the terrorists may have taken longer than the initial attack, but your specialist strike force doesn't seem to be very well adapted to that. In fact the police have long record of successfully conducting manhunts.
So now you want to apply a treatment to a leak that seems to be readily handled by a simple and already in place sump pump. At the same time you don't want to spend money on education. By the way, you say that your glorious strike forces will create jobs. Great, who is going to pay the salaries for all those people? That would be the tax payers. So you want to increase taxes to pay for people who aren't really necessary. It might be better to educate those people and help them get jobs in civilian areas. That way they will be contributing to the tax base instead of taking from it.
And I don't know what it is like in Florida, but her in Oklahoma there is a call for people in construction. They are looking for welders, pipe fitters, etc. I have even seen somebody advertising for electricians, will train.
Bill Gill
