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>>9886054

So, yes and no. The reason we haven't had another event like 9/11 is analogous to the reason why we haven't had another event like Pearl Harbor. Or...wait! No, the reason we haven't had another event like 9/11 is that, for the time being, 'preventing terrorism' is synonymous with 'blowing the fucking shit out of identifiable threats in predominantly Muslim countries'. But the direction of the threats are open to change--or perhaps multiply--especially in what is becoming an increasingly fraught and contentious domestic situation.

Muslims really aren't the only ones that commit terrorists attacks; they've just been the most successful--so far.

How many 'native son' militias are there in the United States? How many more are we likely to see in the coming years? How long until they grow tired of 'peaceful demonstration' and decide it's time to take 'real action'?

Seems like it's already happening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge

But we don't call these 'terrorist attacks'. Or not yet.

Where will your civil liberties be, then?