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| Safer | 37% | 318 votes | Total: 870 votes | |
| Lucky | 63% | 552 votes |
Safer
by Dave Nocera
Created on: September 23, 2007 Last Updated: December 22, 2008
As a kid each time I descended those basement steps a monster was ready to grab my legs. The fears that
by Michael Daly
Created on: October 26, 2007
While battling Islamo-Arab terrorism remains a fight in progress, the reality is the US is indeed safer
Created on: November 20, 2008
Without a doubt one only needs to look around them to realize the citizens of the country are safer
Created on: September 12, 2007
I firmly believe we are safer. Past incidents of terrorism in the United States have been infrequent.
Created on: December 18, 2007 Last Updated: October 06, 2008
From 9/11 to December 2006, Al Qaida was responsible for about a dozen, major terror attacks or attempts
Created on: February 08, 2011 Last Updated: February 09, 2011
The real answer of course is not for the faint of heart. For some, accepting what happened on that day
by David Duncan
Created on: September 13, 2007 Last Updated: April 28, 2009
I believe we are safer now than we were just after 9/11. Our nation's sense of security was rocked to
by Winston Lee
Created on: May 24, 2009
Arrogance often leads to oversight and a false sense of security. The United States without a doubt
Created on: December 06, 2007
We are safer now than we were immediately after September 11th, simply because we are more aware. Unfortunately,
Created on: September 13, 2007
We are safer now than immediately after 9/11. When the twin towers were hit on 9/11
and it became obvious
Created on: September 12, 2007
Are we safer now than we were immediately after 9/11, or have we just been lucky?
I'm sure that every
Created on: September 12, 2007
I don't really know that we are or ever will be 'safer' than we were after 9/11, but we are definately
by Richard Tin
Created on: September 13, 2007
Six years have gone by since that devastating 9/11 incident. Since then the awareness of that tragedy
Created on: September 13, 2007
We are safer after 9/11.
Many Americans may not see the difference in the United States or American
by Ethel Smith
Created on: October 26, 2007
As usual it would be so easy to sit on the fence with this one. Yes, we have been lucky and yes, we
by John Sarkis
Created on: September 02, 2008 Last Updated: July 15, 2009
Today, we're Less than two weeks from the seventh anniversary of 9-11. People still cannot believe
by Alida B
Created on: October 26, 2007
As a member of the intelligence community myself, I can say with confidence we are absolutely safer
Created on: September 13, 2007
There should be no doubt that we have been lucky since 9/11. However, we may both be safer and less
by David Brown
Created on: September 09, 2007
Before September 11, 2001 and right up to that horrible day, we found ourselves extremely vulnerable
Created on: October 27, 2007
We've been lucky, some say. I suppose one can say we've been lucky: we've been lucky that we've taken
Lucky
by Joseph Malek
Created on: September 12, 2007 Last Updated: August 18, 2008
There is no doubt in my mind that we have been extremely lucky not to have suffered additional attacks
by Travis Casey
Created on: December 24, 2007 Last Updated: March 31, 2012
As a key figure in the IRA said at the height of the attacks in the UK, "The British security forces
by Lisa Quattro
Created on: October 27, 2007
When the shock of 9/11 hit us as a country we went immediately into war time security levels. We had
by Peter Dalton
Created on: September 12, 2007 Last Updated: September 03, 2011
We are certainly no safer now than we were before the despicable act of nineteen misguided men. Quite
Created on: September 12, 2007
Since 9/11, security in the US has been stepped up higher than it has ever been in peacetime and to
Created on: September 12, 2007
While many Americans may feel safer since 9-11 due to the large number of new laws and security measures
by Chris Bowen
Created on: September 13, 2007
We are just lucky but it won't last. On 9/11 no one would ever have thought of flying a passenger plane
Created on: September 23, 2007
Ever since that tragic September day when the United States was attacked on its own soil, polices and
by Ashley Smith
Created on: February 10, 2011 Last Updated: February 11, 2011
The events of 9/11 were solely a result of Americas foreign policy around the world. If we don't like
by Gen Hendrey
Created on: October 25, 2007
America is not safer today than it was immediately following the attacks of September 11th. While many
by Ted Sherman
Created on: September 12, 2007
Of course, we've been lucky. The insanely murderous Bin Laden said in his latest video he wants thousands
Created on: September 13, 2007
Ever since that jarring day back on September 11, 2001, this nation of ours has gone from shock to fury
Created on: September 13, 2007
Wake Up, America! If you believe we are safer now than we were immediately after September 11, 2001,
Created on: August 31, 2008 Last Updated: October 04, 2011
A good way to gauge our safety is to examine whether the causes of potential harm are increasing or
by Jeff Lee
Created on: September 12, 2007
While terrorists may never again fly hijacked planes into our buildings again, to say we are safer from
Created on: October 26, 2007
I don't think we are 'Lucky' really but I am sure we are not safer. Correction, being a Brit IS safer.
Created on: September 13, 2007
We as a Nation have not been safe nor lucky after the disaster of 9/11. The 11th of September 2001 will
Created on: December 11, 2008 Last Updated: December 12, 2008
Are we safer than before 9/11? Not by a long shot. More vigilant? Perhaps. But safer? There were over
Created on: November 27, 2008
Our apathy toward terrorism only grows and is stimulated by the lack of terrorist attacks in the United
Created on: September 12, 2007
Unfortunately, the United States is by no means safer now than we were six years ago. The reason is