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Were the atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, the result of criminal action or an act of war?
Nomenclature matters because it shapes peoples ideas, thought processes and, thereby, actions.
Nine days after the attack, President George Bush laid out his view of the attack in no uncertain terms: "On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country," he said to a joint session of Congress.
In contrast, the current administration has determined that we are no longer engaged in a war on...
First a Failure of Imagination, and Now a Lack of Understanding
In what way and who came to this conclusion?
The trials for the World Trade Center bombers and the Embassy bombers gave al-Qaeda the information it needed to plan an attack on the World Trade Center that was more likely to be successful and to switch out the cell phone Osama bin Laden was using so our intelligence services could no longer monitor his calls.
I can't wait to see what Al-Qaeda is able to do with the intelligence it is about to receive in open court.