# The majority of Americans believes that the attack could have been prevented.

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**Created:** [August 5, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-majority-of-americans-believes-that-the-attack-could-have-been-prevented/122457 "2002-08-05T18:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-majority-of-americans-believes-that-the-attack-could-have-been-prevented/122457/21 "2002-08-08T17:17:06Z")

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I personally am glad that there has been very little blame tossed around on the issue of whether 9/11 could have been “prevented.” Such blame would only warp a tragic event into a political battleground, which I think is something that nobody wants to see.

There are lessons to be learned from the attacks, and while I don’t feel the Bush administration is addressing all of those lessons, I do think that others are. I’d rather see those lessons learned and used to make improvements for the future than see time and effort wasted on casting blame towards scapegoats.

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