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| 2006-08-27 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 No amount of intelligence will help anything if there's no will to actually solve the problem. "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." Ripley;Aliens |
| Posted by: Anguting Shinenter1301 2006-08-27 12:48 |
| #3 I think he's right. I'm sick of people blaming the intelligence community's "failure" for 9/11 etc etc. Intelligence can't infiltrate fascist Islamist cells because a) they aren't related, socialised and brought up under Islamist doctrine and b) to be really trustworthy and one of ours, they can't be. We can forget infiltrating al-Qaida ain't gonna happen. You'll just be asking for a triple spy. What you CAN do is bite the bullet declare war on fascist Islam - which Bush has done, he's named the enemy and it's fascist Islam - and start reforming, isolating or fighting hostile cultures. Start profiling at airports. All the intelligence in the world won't help if you don't target the enemy within. Start bugging mosques, monitoring mullahs, spying on Islamic schools: ensure they teach peace and moderation. Soon the problem will dry up if you wither it at the root. But most of all we should stop blaming ourselves sometimes horrible acts can't be stopped. Instead blame Islamofascists who planned them and carried them out. |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-08-27 09:37 |
| #2 This brief blurb fails to present the need for intelligence based actions. Knockng off Osama wasn't enough for you? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-27 09:31 |
| #1 The guy wrote a lot of books. Shows how hungry America is for fantasy. This brief blurb fails to present the need for intelligence based actions. There is also little mention of the lack of correlation engines for the collected 'intelligence'. The data points are collected into fact cells. Groups of facts become information. Information is used to steer existing strategy. Too little is known of the longterm(one or more generations) strategic intent to secure this nation. We each have a clear view of 'what we would do' but too often this is founded on the isolated groups of facts, surmise and bluster we are fed on a daily basis. This only serves a very shortterm strategy, often no longer than hours. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2006-08-27 08:53 |