My
thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Paris this evening as they endure
the on-going terror attacks that are taking place in the City of Light.
It seems
like only yesterday we were following the terror attack at Charlie
Hebdo and yet it will pale in comparison to what is now happening.
One of
the central themes in my books is that
of global terrorism. In fact, I wrote specifically about the threat France is facing in Queen's Gambit. It is something that I have experienced first-hand, as a member of the NYPD’s Intelligence
Division, doing dignitary protection and threat assessments, and later as a 9/11
first responder. While the threat is
currently being played out in France, make no mistake that the entire world is
a target.
We must
begin to take the threat seriously. This
is not the time to be politically correct; worried more about the words we are
using to describe the
threat facing us, than we are of the actual threat.
I pray
for the citizens of France and the thin blue line that is standing in the
breach; the last line of defense between the wolves at the door and the sheep
they are sworn to protect.
It is a
shame that the only time we truly seem to appreciate the men and women of law
enforcement is when we run past them, as they are running towards the threat!
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