Tom Guarriello uses a comedian's joke about tigers to explore why the U.S. hasn't suffered another terrorist attack since 9/11. Government officials say they've stopped many plots, but Guarriello wonders why no attacks have succeeded in over two decades. He asks the remaining presidential candidates to explain.
Hi, it's Tom Guarriello. Anybody who's ever tried to knows that there's nothing harder to do than to prove a negative. Now, what do I mean? Let me tell you a story. Back in the '60s, there was a comedian. His name was Alex King, and Alex King used to tell a story called "May This House Be Safe from Tigers." King would walk into people's houses and he'd say, May this house be safe from tigers. And people would say to him, Alex, what the hell are you doing? May this house be safe from tigers. And he would say, have you ever had tigers in your house? And people would go, no. And he'd go, see? Okay, so why did that come to me? It came to me because for the last couple of days I've been thinking, why have we in the United States not been attacked again since September 11th? Why? Now, that's a question that I would like to put to the presidential candidates. Can you tell me why you think we have not been attacked since September 11th? Government people have told us that many attacks have been intercepted, and I believe they probably have, but it's still difficult for me to imagine why we haven't been attacked. And I'd be very intrigued to hear the 3 remaining candidates for president give their thoughts on why the United States has not been attacked since September 11th. Thanks, and, uh, see you soon. Bye.
