William Shakespeare's tragic play Julius Caesar, he portrays many human characteristics accurately. Just a few of these characteristics include greed, ambition, deception, power, honor and naivete. Though Shakespeare may not have completely stuck to the historical facts in order to create dramatic interest, his portrayal of human nature happens to be eerily correct. Even today, hundreds of years after Caesar's reign and numerous decades after Shakespeare's play, deception and naivety still infiltrate our nation, it's political system, its business structure and national security.

When the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks happen, the entire nation feels numb, even dumbfounded with the thought of "how did this happen here?" We as Americans are comfortable with our world up until the first commercial plane flew into the North tower that morning shortly before 9 a.m. In a similar fashion, Caesar lives his life as any ruler would -- he has no reason to...
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