This is just the American Way and its been so forever......
1. Cut budgets, ignore threats, whistle along, focus on pop culture nonsense
2. Fall victim to something that we werent prepared for as a result of #1
3. Self-flaggelate about how "tough" and "can do" we are. Chant "USA!!! USA!!!"
4. Bomb something
5. Overlegislate and overspend to make sure #2 'never happens again'
6. After approx 5-10 years, return to #1