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greekrebel1153 said:
im a a little lost as to what you mean is my name redwave. could u please tell me. thanks!
MissTaken said:Three thoughts:
A) What could they have realistically done to prevent the tragedy? Stopping one or two key players may have postponed it, but these men were quite replacable by others, I imagine. Anyone who is ready to die for their cause is also ready to die rather than share information about the cause. So, interrogation wouldn't have worked.
MissTaken said:Yes, by and large, teh current security measures were long overdue.
And yes, my point exactly....would they really have stopped much? Probably not, OBL and followers simply would have configured a different way to get on the planes.
MissTaken said:Yes, by and large, teh current security measures were long overdue.
And yes, my point exactly....would they really have stopped much? Probably not, OBL and followers simply would have configured a different way to get on the planes.
Weevil said:
Well, I think the problem is that the governments response was, if not nothing than nothing substantial. It would have done something at least.
MissTaken said:
Doing something for the sake of saying you did something and having that something be ineffective is not going to be the answer you seek.
We all wish there had been some magical answer on 9/11. I remember crying in my office wondering with each plane, when will it stop?
There is no Superman.
I am not yet convinced there was a whole lot we could have done based on what information we had.
Weevil said:
No, obviously hindsight doesn't win wars but the fact of the matter is that these measures, which are pretty straightforward, would have thwarted these attacks. Why were boxcutters ever allowed in carry-on?
It's more conjecture that the terrorists would have been able to get around these new security measures. Maybe they wouldn't have been able to.
REDWAVE said:Good paper, greekrebel. Many people are just now realizing they were duped and manipulated by Bush and the ruling class into supporting the phony "war on terror" and the police state drive. The latter is now in high gear now, with Ashcroft removing all restraints on FBI spying on citizens, and Bush set to annouce a new Cabinet-level "Homeland Security" (read: Domestic Repression) agency.
The World Socialist Web Site (www.wsws.org) does rock. It's the best alternative news source on the web by far.