Nuclear 9/11: A Failure to Imagine the Worst | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, 9 11 Commission, Catastrophe, Conclusion, Failure, Foreign Policy, Imagination, Imagine, National Security Establishment, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines Flight, Principal, Risk, Sept 11 2001, Terrorist Attack

The first step toward preventing a nuclear 9/11 is believing it could happen.
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Thinking about risks we face today, we should reflect on the major conclusion of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission established to investigate that catastrophe. The U.S. national security establishment’s principal failure prior to Sept. 11, 2001, was, the commission found, a “failure of imagination.“ [...]

Think Again: God – By Karen Armstrong | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in October 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Atheists, Economist, Fact God, Foreign Policy, God, God Didn, God The Problem, Goverance, Karen Armstrong, Last Moment, Logic, Misery, Public Debate, Real World, Religion, Religions, Religious Beliefs, Screws, Sept 11 2001, There Is No God, White House, World Today

In 1999 the Economist announced that “God is Dead”, but now he seems to have come back to life. The Islamic attack on 9/11/2001 slightly shocked us back into the real world.
A lot of people wonder about a God who could possibly allow all the misery in the world today and yesterday. There could [...]

Critics Say Saudi Textbooks Still Encourage Violence : NPR

Posted by Matt in July 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, 19 Hijackers, Blogged, Education Reform Program, Flock Browser, Harsh Criticism, Lead, Massive Education, Npr, Religious Intolerance, Saudi-Arabia, Saudis, Sept 11 2001, Terrorist Attacks, Textbooks, Violence

Of the 19 hijackers in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 15 were Saudis. Since then, textbooks used in schools across Saudi Arabia have come under harsh criticism for teaching religious intolerance that can lead to violence.
Now, the country has revised its textbooks and is undergoing a massive education reform program. But critics wonder [...]

War? What War?

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Terrorism, Afghanistan, Clinton Administration, Contingency Operation, iraq, Lawyers, Misnomer, National Security Threat, New Administration, Phrase, Prosecutors, Random Crime, Sept 11 2001, Terrorism, terrorists, War On Terror, War War

War On Terror: The phrase is actually now a misnomer. Iraq and Afghanistan have been rebranded the “Overseas Contingency Operation,” and lawyers are being deployed to fight the real battles.
The strategy of the new administration looks a lot like the course the Clinton administration set us on before Sept. 11, 2001. And we know how [...]

Exclusive: Ahmadinejad denies al Qaedaâ€™s 9/11 attack on America

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, U.S., 911, Al-Qaeda, Attack On America, Hijackers, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, New York Towers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sept 11 2001

In his most provocative anti-US speech to date, Iranâ€™s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised doubts about whether al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001 attack on New York actually took place. He was addressing Iranâ€™s Nuclear Technology day, April 8, DEBKAfileâ€™s Iranian sources report. He went on to ask why the US had never released the names of [...]