...Crowley’s exit was set in motion Thursday when Crowley appeared at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology seminar and called the Pentagon’s handling of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is detained at the brig at Quantico, “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.”...
...but, if al Qaeda were to make the attacks more retail it would rattle the American public." P.J. Crowley.
That is a really poor statement to make because the methods of al Qaeda regardless of how spectacular the event, IS retail. As a matter of fact, looking across the spectrum of events prevented with airlines was very retail. As a matter of fact, flight attendants were the people that interrupted the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber. So, to state the American people would be rattled or otherwise if al Qaeda attacks became retail is a really misleading and uneducated statement. Somehow, everyone along the way that have been acting to stop attacks are disregarded. If nothing else, the Age of al Qaeda has taught any American that 'being involved' is required to insure one makes it home everyday. So, to prolong the idea that citizens are still in peril and victims to terrorism is not accurate. The Age of al Qaeda has taught the average citizen a great deal about their vulnerability and how to end that vulnerability when it occurs. I think people like Mr. Crowley need to re-evaluate his understanding of the average citizen and how much control they have over their living environment. We are not victims anymore.
