No time for anti terrorism backlash

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As the nation comes to grips with another attempted terrorist attack, it would do all well to remember that no matter how many Patriot Acts are passed, no matter how many guards and checkpoints and master lists of possible terrorists there are, two things will remain constant.


1 - With human beings in control, mistakes will be made.

2 - anyone who really wants to attack anything will finds the means and the method to do so.

We can stop the low hanging terrorist fruit but we can never stop the group or individual hell bent on a successful attack.

What we can do is help our fellow countries develop their physical and human resources to make their country better, more prosperous and successful.

Let's concentrate on helping people, not allies.  Let's take the Biblical mandate to heal the sick, feed the hungry, clothe the poor and love our fellow man as we love ourselves.

It's a lot easier and more satisfying than nation building.

What we must never do is keep trying to make other countries into our own graven image. 

We're not that perfect.