snejdarek
Iam not… as Iam sure you know it is a scale… so on the extremes you got the groups I mention.
Naturally where the middle is depend on the country. All danish parties are to the left of the two main US parties when we are talking taxes and the size and job of the state.
SirWarriant
No Iam not saying Denmark was not prepared. but you don’t park a firetruck outside each and every house. you have a specific number depending on how often you expect to use it.
The same with police officers. Having x police officer out side every soft target you mention is a wast of money. And will never happen. The Police intelligence judge the risk for different situations.
It is a priority between targets, risk and resources, you also need police to handle ordinary crime stuff.
Just like in every other country.
Why don’t the police stop every single murder in the US? because that would require a few million more police officers.
And as you likely know, it is almost impossible to stop a lone wolf who newer said anything to anyone about what he planned.
So yes we had two persons killed by terror in 30years… I think it was the correct priority to use all that money saved by NOT having 5 police men outside every soft target imaginable all over Denmark., And spent it on other things. Like our school system, and universal healthcare. How many people die in the US because they don’t have healthcare and how many are killed by terror?
Maybe if the US spend a bit less on surveillance of their own citizens and a bit more on healthcare more Americans would live.
But I do know that when the people gets scared they no longer think about how you spend your money for the best effect.
Offcause now the politicians have to show they can get things done and I quickly getting a bag of extra money for the police and intelligence true parliament.
If the goal is to save lives putting a GPS chip in all cars to make sure than anyone driving to fast loose his drivers licens(or evne the car) would be way more effective than more surveillance and more money for the intelligence.
and yes, when I was in the army training for a deployment to Afghanistan I also understood that the army only had so much money… and we didn’t have the best possible equipment. And that was the way it was. The danish people clearly agreed that the current budget was the correct one.