Pre 9/11 mindset?

I continue to hear that certain people in this country have reverted to a pre-9/11 mindset. That is to say that they no longer see the need to retain enhanced security procedures at airports, seaports and other ports of entry. They see no reason to secure our borders to the best of our abilities and they think that to do so is more about racism than security.

I hate to say this but they do not have a pre-9/11 mindset. In actuality they have a pre-11/4/79 mindset. These people have forgotten that there are people out there, who have proven themselves for decades, that hate anything and anyone American simply because they are American.

The worst part, to me, is that our current administration seems to be full to over-flowing with these people. They have reverted to the Carter-era political tactic of attempting to molly coddle people who are our enemies by constantly attempting to find common ground with people who are more interested in gaining precious time to buy/build more weapons than they are in finding agreement with ANY western nation. These people, though they wear the costume of the 21st century, still live with a 17th century mindset. They honestly believe that they are going to bring about the world's salvation through the slaughter of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people of all races. Yet there are numerous people in the Obama administration that believe that if they can only talk to these people one on one they can come to agreements that will satisfy everyone, much like the Carter administration believed in the late 70's.

Albert Einstein is purported to have said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Perhaps those in Washington need to be reminded of Einstein's genius.