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Whiskey's Place - The Challenge of the Post-9-11 World : Deterrence |
2009-09-13 |
YMMV, but interesting in any case, as are comments. The challenge of the Post-9/11 World for America is summed up in one word. Deterrence. America got to 9/11 by bits and pieces, all the way back to Richard Nixon's decision not to retaliate for the Cold River assassination U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Cleo Noel Jr. and his charge d'affaires Curtis Moore, to the refusal of Bill Clinton to countenance punishing attacks on Afghanistan in retaliation for the 1998 Kenyan and Tanzanian US Embassy bombings by Al Qaeda. Both Paleocons such as Pat Buchanan, and Liberals and Democrats such as Michael Moore, and Howard Dean argue that isolationism, and variations of anti-Israeli/anti-Jewish actions, will achieve American security. But as we look back on 9/11, and recall that awful day, what stands out is the failure to create deterrence for attack, and the lessons of those nations that have responded to the changed security environment of the post-Cold War, nuclear proliferation world we inhabit today. Above all else, 9/11 could have been, much, much worse. |
Posted by:anonymous5089 |
#6 Why? Drop me a note if you'd like. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-13 23:58 |
#5 Think twice about UC undergrad. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-09-13 23:54 |
#4 I'll handle the catering arrangements, .5MT. I think you'll be pleased -- and all the salt will be kosher. ;-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-13 23:28 |
#3 Why don't you come back when you're feeling better? Y'know - when you're not being such a dick. |
Posted by: Pappy 2009-09-13 23:16 |
#2 Who's buying lunch during the serious preaching? |
Posted by: .5MT 2009-09-13 13:24 |
#1 The ultimate goal is grander than the overthrow of their respective ruling governments, which are merely the means to the end--it is an Islamic Ummah of global dimensions. Deterrence will not be achieved through nuclear disarmament, beginning with ours, either. This battle is ultimately good versus evil, and the evildoers must be eliminated. Education for all with the liberty to read and think for one's self will counter indoctrination but that is also opposed by Islamists. We need the likes of Dick Cheney and John Bolton in office and the Pelosi's and Obama's out but that is about as likely as preventing the next attack of even greater scale. Ultimately, it will be the coming of our Savior to deliver us from this evil and all we can do is pray right now. |
Posted by: Danielle 2009-09-13 11:32 |