The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:20 PM EST

Article Source: Wall Street Journal

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Falling skyscrapers now have less gravitational pull than collapsing 401(k)s. The sleeper cells of snoring, incompetent bankers are more terrifying than al Qaeda. Rescue arrives in the form of number crunchers, not Special Forces operatives.

America is undergoing a radical shift in national priorities. Our anxieties have been rechanneled. While the attacks of 9/11 will never be forgotten, the consequences of 9/15, the date when Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, are now in the forefront.

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Perhaps it was inevitable that the events of 9/11 would not forever define our national character. And certainly we would be expected to move on to other challenges. But are we unwittingly endangering our national security by the kind of neglect and failed oversight that ruined our economy?

Yes it is a time of among many things, redefinition. We must be careful not to redefine ourselves so radically That we chose to remake the Constitution. We've had eight lawless years. That's plenty for me.

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