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May 03, 2004
Baby Bin Laden Theory: A Postmortem
I wish to god that I could find that impish cartoon that showed the lunatic scenario of the Middle East going berzerk in war if the US invaded Iraq. I took that to be a graphic representation of the Baby Bin Laden theory. If any of you readers can find it, please send me a link.
Most everyone in CT agrees that Mohammed Atta was the kind of soldier most valuable to Bin Laden and that Attas don't grow on trees, and now the State Department has this report on the net damage of international terrorism. These kind of numbers are sleepytown, and suggest that a good deal of work has been done.
I've been hesitant to say so, but I tend to believe that the hightened awareness we all have as Americans would be sufficient to help us out. The nine-eleven commission has demonstrated what most people should have guessed, our ability to counter terrorism in the days before 9/11 was faulty, and we've gotten better. However as much as Ashcroft has railed against his legal walls and restrictions, I have yet to be convinced that his overproduction has served us well on balance or that it has been a crushing burden on the civil liberties of Americans.
Posted by mbowen at May 3, 2004 07:10 PM
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