Post-Saddam: We're Not Any Safer
As the terror threat gets elevated to orange, we're wise to remember that the arrest of Saddam has not made us any safer. As Eric Alterman points out, writing for Center for American Progress:
In the meantime, the true perpetrators of 9/11 remain alive and well. We have more than 10 times as many troops in Iraq as in border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan where bin Laden is believed to be operating. And here at home, we are hardly better prepared than we were last time. Our nuclear and chemical plants remain all but unprotected; so too our ports and infrastructure. Our first responders are untrained and our cities starved for resources to defend themselves.
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