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THEY JUST DON'T GET IT
By: David Hunt
How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety--and What You Can Do About It
Crown Forum
April 2005
272 pages
ISBN: 140009741X
Hardcover
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No more politicsโjust the truth about what we can and must do to protect ourselves. Fox News military analyst Colonel David Hunt has dedicated his career to fighting terrorism. A twenty-nine-year U.S. Army veteran, he has helped take out an active terrorist camp, trained the FBI and Special Forces in counterterrorism tactics, and served as security adviser to six different Olympic Games. And Colonel Hunt is angry. Why? Because even after the terrorist attacks on our country and on Americans around the world, the people charged with protecting usโthe politicians and the bureaucrats in military and intelligenceโstill arenโt getting the job done. They Just Donโt Get It provides a much-needed wake-up call to all Americans. As politicians posture and pundits bicker, weโre losing sight of the fundamental problem: Weโre still not equipped to win the War on Terror. In fact, the terrorist threat is far worse than we feared, as made frighteningly clear by the fifty pages of documents published here for the first timeโincluding a shocking manual taken from the terrorists themselves. But instead of just complaining, Colonel Hunt tells us exactly what we must doโwithout regard to political game-playingโto emerge victorious in the challenge that history has given us. These are changes we can make at every levelโas individual citizens, as a government, and as a military power. As he shows in this book, while the government and our military lead the fight to protect us, ordinary citizens can and must contribute. They Just Donโt Get It reveals: โข What you can do to keep your family safe โข How many of the governmentโs recent โreformsโ are mere window dressing or, worse, counterproductive โข How we can fight this war and still safeguard our civil liberties and the American way of life โข How to fix the intelligence disaster (and yes, the politicians in D.C. still havenโt fixed it) โข How we got into this mess in the first place: itโs mostly because our government let the problem fester for three decades Colonel Hunt is no cautious bureaucrat or finger-pointer looking for political gain. He is a straight shooter with deep insight into whatโs happening in the War on Terrorโon the ground and in the government. They Just Donโt Get It lays out in clear and compelling terms the steps we must takeโall of usโto win the War on Terror and ensure our survival as a free, proud, and strong nation. From They Just Donโt Get It Weโre fighting a war for our very survival, so weโd better figure out how to win. Thatโs why Iโm writing this bookโto show us how we can win, how we can protect ourselves. As a Fox News military analyst, Iโm paid to offer insight into how our armed forces are conducting the fight against our enemies. But this book shows that to win the War on Terror we need to concern ourselves with more than just military tactics. For one thing, we need to look at what our political leaders are doing. The sad truth is that they still donโt get it. Then thereโs intelligence. Youโve heard about our intelligence failures, but I doubt you know how bad it really isโeven after the โreforms.โ Iโm going to tell you. And another critical dimension to this story usually gets overlookedโwhat you can do. The fact is, you can do a lot. Hell, you must do a lot.
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