16 years ago we belatedly recognized the Taliban as the enemy of truth, justice, and the American Way. The fact that they are an enemy is not in itself a reason for war. It’s the attack that justified and required retaliation. #fb
Category: Terrorism
Pakistan and Hiding bin Laden
Does anyone seriously believe that the Pakistani government did not know Osama bin Laden was living – and living large – in their country? Please. Pakistan’s intelligence service is corrupt, but they are far from incompetent. At best they turned a blind eye to the U.S.’s most-wanted terrorist. But it’s far more likely parts of…
9/11 – Nine Years Later
Nine years ago I was working in my home office when the first tower was struck at the World Trade Center. Glued to the television as the skyscraper, a monument to western civilization’s ingenuity crumbled, I understood, truly for the first time, the existential, exponential relationship between creation and destruction. More than anything, the Muslim…
Remembering September 11th, 2001
Just Say No! (We can still do that, right?)
What Americans Think of Ground Zero Mosque
And rightly so.
NYC Anti-Terror Funding Cut
Meanwhile, plans proceed for the creation of an Islamic mosque adjacent to WTC Ground Zero. Priorities, Mr. President? The message it sends world-wide: "Blow up our buildings, then stick a mosque on the site – no problem."
Responding to Terrorism Requires a Tough Attitude, Long-Term Perspective
In the aftermath of the failed Christmas-day attempt to bring a Northwest Airlines flight down, David Broder says that 9/11 was a call to duty to President Bush and 12/25 could trigger the same response in President Obama and help him change his approach to dealing with terrorism. For the sake of Americans everywhere, let’s…
Is America Addressing Terrorism Correctly?
Barack Obama has admitted that the homeland security apparatus failed in the case of Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He had no choice, really – nearly 300 people are still alive only because passengers aboard the flight took matters into their own hands. He went on to say that he wasn’t going to tolerate any…
Surprised that Americans Want Answers from Terrorist? Don’t be.
Rasmussen reports that 58% of Americans polled want answers in a bad way from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the terrorist who tried to kill over 250 people on a Christmas Day Northwest Airlines flight by detonating plastic explosive he’d secreted in his underwear. By bad way I mean bad enough to waterboard the radical Muslim. Fifty-eight…