Blame for 9/11

I'm proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. -Thomas Edison, (1847-1931)


The blame game is on as the November 2006 elections approach. Some are blaming former President Clinton and others are blaming President Bush. It is purely political.

Five years after 9/11 no government employee has been charged with negligence over 9/11. No government employee has been fired or lost their pension over the horrors of that fateful day.

The blame should be placed on Big Government. The big government policies of meddling in the affairs of foreign countries. There are too many think tanks in Washington, D. C. that advocate such meddling. It is rare to find a major think tank that opposes the support of Israel, yet most of the world countries think the United States middle east policy is wrong. The blame for 9/11 rests on the hearts of those who would try to impose their will on others.

Former New York city mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, said no one should shoulder the blame. This is typical rhetoric from government employees when the government fails. Had Wal-Mart Corp been in charge of protecting the World Trade Center Mr. Giuliani would have no problem blaming "big business", but he will not blame "big government".

Suppose the World Trade Center had hired a private security organization to protect it from a terrorists attack. That private security firm would be held accountable by the market forces and the liability courts. The customers and the victims would have recourse against the private security firm. The families of the dead from 9/11 have no such recourse against the FBI, NSA, CIA and the many other government agencies who failed to do their duty.

Bilbo Baggins