Monday, September 12, 2005
Our Newest Op Ed
In the Shadow of 9/11, the Terrorists were Half Right
- By Justin Darr
The time has come for America to face the grim reality that international terrorists and Osama bin Laden may understand our society far better than we ever gave them credit. Perhaps even better than ourselves.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we looked back on Osama bin Laden's, "Declaration of War Against the Americans for Occupying the Land of Two Holy Places," as the ranting of a mad man. We ridiculed bin Laden's assumptions that America could not defeat him because we were a soft, decadent, society that lacked the resolve to fight a protracted conflict against a small but dedicated foe. We viewed Bin Laden's statements that, "The extent of your impotence and weakness became very clear," in the wake of our withdrawal from Somalia, and Clinton's appearing "in front of the whole world promising revenge, but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal," as a fatal miscalculation. This was New York City, not Mogadishu. .............
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- By Justin Darr
The time has come for America to face the grim reality that international terrorists and Osama bin Laden may understand our society far better than we ever gave them credit. Perhaps even better than ourselves.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we looked back on Osama bin Laden's, "Declaration of War Against the Americans for Occupying the Land of Two Holy Places," as the ranting of a mad man. We ridiculed bin Laden's assumptions that America could not defeat him because we were a soft, decadent, society that lacked the resolve to fight a protracted conflict against a small but dedicated foe. We viewed Bin Laden's statements that, "The extent of your impotence and weakness became very clear," in the wake of our withdrawal from Somalia, and Clinton's appearing "in front of the whole world promising revenge, but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal," as a fatal miscalculation. This was New York City, not Mogadishu. .............
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 9/12/2005 02:00:00 AM 
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