This statement about terrorism by Tom Brokaw on the occasion of his retirement is astonishing to me:
His greatest regret was not covering international terrorism as thoroughly as he possibly could have before 9/11.I mean... yeah, you should have! And so should have our leaders in government, and so should have a lot of people who could have made a difference if they had been paying closer attention."I wish that we had done a better job in dealing with terrorism at an earlier stage," he says. "There were signs aplenty out there, attacks on embassies, the [warship] U.S.S. Cole, the Khobar Towers [in Saudi Arabia] — all those things. But we didn't connect the dots the way we should have."
Mr. Brokaw's lapse was minor compared to the neglect of earlier Presidential administrations (from Reagan on forward), but he's the first person I've seen actually apologize. Ultimately the terrorists bear the full burden of responsibility, but there are plenty of people who had the power to forsee and possibly prevent the attacks and failed to do so.
At least Brokaw said that! He should go on every program and say just that! My concern with complacency leads me to this polltrolling.
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http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11300000aaa0255b.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World%20News
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw;
[...]He cast the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as a direct assault on the Islamic faith itself,..."
These acts of terror, he said, were "nothing whatever to do with Islam," ...[...]
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http://www.walidphares.com/artman/publish/article_415.shtml
AL JAZEERA "POLLS" SHOWS 73% SUPPORT IRAQ ATTACKS(against US/Coalition)
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http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=869
By a margin of 76% to 7%, Muslims back the Kerry/Edwards ticket over the incumbent Bush/Cheney ticket.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11479783%5E421,00.html
A LEADING Islamic cleric was discovered returning to Sydney with a 150-page notebook on tactics for warfare, intelligence and martyrdom, a court has been told.
[...]focuses on "infiltration, deception tactics, martyrdom and the euphoria of fighting a jihad outside one's borders".
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http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications10504&Category=publications&Subcategory=0
26 Saudi scholars addressed a message to the Iraqi people in which the scholars call upon them to unite, resist the occupation, and stop internal fighting.
The message was posted to the IslamToday.net website of Salman Al-Awda, a well-known cleric who was jailed in Saudi Arabia in the past for his radical rhetoric.
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[Leftists(?) give alot of attention to the scholars(?)]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1703879.php
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30November04: Bush thanked the hospitable Canadians for waving at him "with all five fingers."
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http://instapundit.com/archives/019440.php
HELPING THE TROOPS: Reader Ron Ford sends this very comprehensive list of support-the-troops websites...
Did Kellog and Briand ever apologize for WW II? As for foreseeing things, you could go back to late Nixon when Egyptian college girls started adopting the veil.
Notwithstanding how it was portrayed in the press, Richard Clarke apologized in his book.