Depriving Bin Laden of his Drug

An effective deterrent to the continual propagandistic harassment of Osama Bin Laden would be to vow never to show his face in America ever again. While it is an almost impossibility his presence will grace the native soil of America, the media could decide that terrorizing America is a heinous enough offense to merit the banning of his image completely. Instead of allowing the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to become a headline in our newspapers, the next best thing is denying him what he wants. That is publicity. It is true a modern American news agency has a responsibility to report news, but in this day and age the media has become the voices of the world. How does the American public know that what is being reported is true? This is the quintessential element in a “Campaign of Fear and Terror.” While outgoing President George W. Bush is being chastised more harshly now than during his presidency, it cannot be denied that America has been safe since the 9/11 attacks. It is highly probable, although flying jetliners into the World Trade Towers was a pinnacled act, other violent acts of terror would have occurred after 9/11. A token must be thrown to Bush for the Department of Homeland Security. Like jazz music it has not been around long enough to inscribe its intents in American culture. While FEMA reaped a huge scar from its delayed response to Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security paradoxically has escaped persecuting scrutiny. It must be said then its founding has been one of Bush’s small successes. While a majority of the populace of America waits eagerly for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, the remaining issue is can Barack Obama provide the same security. It would be about this that Republicans are worried. Republican ideals always have been a high standard of national defense supported by the individuals’ rights to arm and defend their homes. These are staunch values that are sorely needed in violent modern times. Keeping Obama’s face out of America, while not hiding America’s head in the sand about his threat, could deprive him of his kryptonite. In the never ending game of partisan politics “playing” Bin Laden seems a more appropriate choice. While reinforcing the threat of his evil agenda is important, it seems starving him from his fodder could be more effective.