Snore: Concern About Terrorism Lowest Since 9/11
What's surprising is that the number of people who think a terrorist attack will happen in the next several weeks seems fairly high - 30%. Remarkably though, 86% of Americans don't believe that it's only a matter of time until we're hit again.
Here's the story from (gulp) CNN:
For your own edification, here is a list of the nineteen major terrorist attacks thwarted by the United States since 9/11.
Here's the story from (gulp) CNN:
Concerns about an impending terrorist strike are at the lowest point on record since the attacks on September 11, 2001...Come to think of it, this poll is pretty misleading. Notice how the question is whether an impending terrorist attack is likely "in their community." While I think the next 9/11 is a question of "when," not "if," I wouldn't place my bets on such an attack taking place in Parkville, Missouri or Milford, Pennsylvania.
Seven years after the attacks of September 11, just 30 percent of Americans said they thought an attack on American soil is likely sometime over the next several weeks - a number that's down 11 points since last year at that time and down 30 points since the first anniversary of 9/11. Only 14 percent of Americans say an impending terrorist attack is likely in their community.
For your own edification, here is a list of the nineteen major terrorist attacks thwarted by the United States since 9/11.
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