The Paris attacks last night were, as I heard this morning, a "game changer." An act of War, as France's President, Hollande, stated. But, I heard Savannah Guthrie ask today on the Today show (and you know it is a big deal if Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer are the hosts of the Saturday show....I think I can remember one other time in the last 10 years when Matt Lauer hosted on a Saturday morning was in the Midwest after a hurricane or tornado) the following to a National Security expert: "How do you defeat a group that is identified by an ideology, not a nation?"
In other words, these aren't Russians, or any other group/nation that we are fighting against. It is a way of thinking--a terrifying, horrific way of thinking. It is difficult to defeat because it disseminates across national lines, and across borders. It is terrifying. And today, I thank God we are in the United States. Because although it is not absolute, it feels a lot safer to be here.
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