FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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The US and Britain said they came to liberate Iraq and protect its people. The failure to understand how Iraqis would respond may be rooted in arrogance. It is also a colossal failure in intelligence which may prove to be at least as important as the inability to find any of Iraq's banned weapons. The commander of British forces in the war, Air Marshal Brian Burridge, admitted as much in remarkably frank evidence to MPs this week. Asked about the problems of "policing" Iraq, and the number of forces needed to do the job, he replied: "I'm not sure we understand yet." (link)
It boggles the mind to think that we invaded another country with this little thought about it. Why? Arrogance? Blind faith in ideology? Incompetence? Dear God. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs]. .< 11:22:01 PM  >Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror Five days before the war began in Iraq, as President Bush prepared to raise the terrorism threat level to orange, a top White House counterterrorism adviser unlocked the steel door to his office, an intelligence vault secured by an electronic keypad, a combination lock and an alarm. He sat down and turned to his inbox.
A must-read. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs]. .< 5:55:27 PM >Poll suggests world hostile to US Majorities in many countries take a dim view of the Bush administration, a poll for the BBC suggests. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Now why would that be? . .< 5:50:58 PM >Orwell and me The author of Animal Farm would have plenty to say about the post-9/11 world, writes Margaret Atwood . [Guardian Unlimited] 'But with 9/11, all that changed. Now it appears we face the prospect of two contradictory dystopias at once - open markets, closed minds - because state surveillance is back again with a vengeance. [...] Democracies have traditionally defined themselves by, among other things - openness and the rule of law. But now it seems that we in the west are tacitly legitimising the methods of the darker human past, upgraded technologically and sanctified to our own uses, of course. For the sake of freedom, freedom must be renounced. To move us towards the improved world - the utopia we're promised - dystopia must first hold sway.' . .< 5:38:35 PM >Spinning out of control Sydney dispatch: The Australian government's deception over the war in Iraq may yet jolt voters out of their apathy, writes David Fickling. [Guardian Unlimited] |
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