Oh my gawd I agree with JBJ on something!
The debate is a endless self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't like the Bush administration, you don't have to give them credit for anything because there are dozens of reasons why we might not have been hit (including sheer dumb luck). If you're in favor of their policies, you can find dozens of reasons why the policies protected us. Either side has to rely on the previously classified information that's been released to the public (or guess at what hasn't), which means you have to trust the very Government sources that are at the heart of the political differences. That makes any reasonable discussion impossible because anyone without high-level clearance is simply guessing based on their political predilections. Everyone is going to read into it what they already believed, so nothing ever gets resolved. It's the perfect conspiracy theory.
Love you, Boota!
The article is an excellent summary of current theory on the subject, this is known as the "Burden-of-Success" theory.Love you, Boota!
And here's yet another reason why we're not going to see another 9/11--and by that I mean planes crashing into buildings--anytime soon: It's a one trick pony.
The article is an excellent summary of current theory on the subject, this is known as the "Burden-of-Success" theory.
They all however, point to increased risk over the coming months, though it's logistically unlikely that anybody will be able to top 9-11, for which there is also some evidence that it was an inside job, which adds more unknown variables.
The ideal attack under this scenario, would be nuclear, resulting in mass hysteria and martial law abrogating constitutional guarantees, and allowing certain elements to purge their enemies under cover of national security.
This would almost have to be an inside job, since AQ does not appear to be close to having Nuclear capability anytime soon according to the analytical consensus.
Yes, I sleep with one eye open.
The article is an excellent summary of current theory on the subject, this is known as the "Burden-of-Success" theory.
They all however, point to increased risk over the coming months, though it's logistically unlikely that anybody will be able to top 9-11, for which there is also some evidence that it was an inside job, which adds more unknown variables.
The ideal attack under this scenario, would be nuclear, resulting in mass hysteria and martial law abrogating constitutional guarantees, and allowing certain elements to purge their enemies under cover of national security.
This would almost have to be an inside job, since AQ does not appear to be close to having Nuclear capability anytime soon according to the analytical consensus.
Yes, I sleep with one eye open.
Just to make you sleep with both eyes open...they don't need to have Nuclear capability. See, thanks to the Cold War, the USSR has all these old, warehoused nuclear devices. All AQ needs is the money to buy one from some insider in THAT government willing to sell it to them.
You know very well I cannot do that, but it does nothing to ease my suspicions - the use of an attack to centripetalize and militarize the country has precedent, The sinking of the Maine occurred under mysterious circumstances, it was an open secret that the Lusitania was illegally transporting arms an munitions, and was vulnerable to attack, there is evidence that Roosevelt knew the entire Japanese fleet was steaming towards Pearl Harbor, and the carriers were moved to avoid it, up the Pentagon papers, Operation Northwoods, the assassination of Mossadegh, etc., etc.
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