by Todd Huffman, M.D., opednews.com
The news this weekend of the arrest of three suspects allegedly plotting to sabotage the jet fuel lines servicing JFK Airport–a plot in its nascent stages and one not likely to have caused much in the way of actual damage besides psychological–will undoubtedly have the effect of increasing the supply of fuel to the mass media’s jet engine-like power to soar the worries of everyday Americans to the stratosphere.
Americans already worry that the country is overdue for a domestic terror attack, whether on our transportation system or something more spectacular on the level of September 11. Many Americans are even resigned to the likelihood, knowing that it is really not a matter of if, but when.
…Terrorist attacks are designed to frighten us even more than to kill us. By controlling our fears we control the damage done by terrorism. Were a fresh attack to occur, Americans must do as Londoners, and as Israelis, and maintain the appearance if not the spirit of normalcy. To do otherwise would be to give the terrorists the very thing that they want.