stretching for miles. The DC Metro police, Capitol police, and Secret Service officers on the streets vastly outnumbered the handful of non-security pedestrians.
But with almost 20 years of hindsight on 9/11, the conventional wisdom now holds that many parts of the overwhelming government reaction to that tragedy — whether it was starting two "forever wars" or creating the bureaucratic behemoth of the Department of Homeland Security — were overreactions. But walking through Washington, DC, during inauguration week gave me the sinking feeling that we're about to make many of the same mistakes we made in the shell-shocked days after 9/11.The Trump-incited attack on the Capitol, like the 9/11 attacks, was both a deadly criminal conspiracy and a full-frontal assault on the American psyche.
ilycko anthonyLfisher Domestic terrorism is no different than terrorism from outside our borders......
anthonyLfisher Also disturbing... the attack on the Capitol! To be sure?
Karma4Ublue anthonyLfisher Thank Republicans for making it necessary. They are all terrorists.
insidernews anthonyLfisher O.P.I.N.I.O.N. keep it