{"id":20381,"date":"2010-09-07T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20381"},"modified":"2010-09-07T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:43:23","slug":"newsweek-we-overreacted-to-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20381","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek: We overreacted to 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Hetherington<\/del>Fareed Zakaria wrote for Newsweek an article entitled “What America Has Lost<\/a>“, but the url tells us that the original title was “Why America Overreacted to 9-11”<\/p>\n

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In the article, Hetherington<\/del>Fareed Zakaria wrote;<\/p>\n

Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden\u2019s terror network has been unable to launch a single major attack on high-value targets in the United States and Europe. While it has inspired a few much smaller attacks by local jihadis, it has been unable to execute a single one itself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Smaller attacks? Influencing the Spanish election with terror causing the Spaniards to withdraw from the war is smaller? That’s HUGE for a supposedly small terror group. And Hetherington<\/del>Fareed Zakaria admits that it’s because the world took “serious countermeasures” that al Qaeda is unable to launch a similarly large attack like 9-11 – so how is that overreacting?<\/p>\n

In every recent conflict, the United States has been right about the evil intentions of its adversaries but massively exaggerated their strength. In the 1980s, we thought the Soviet Union was expanding its power and influence when it was on the verge of economic and political bankruptcy. In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember the media estimates of 10,000 US casualties that never materialized based on nothing in particular except their own desire to scare the crap out of Consumer America? Yeah, it’s much better to underestimate enemies. We’re dealing with a military genius here. <\/p>\n

So after the first page of this garbage, Hetherington<\/del>Fareed Zakaria wrings his hands over the size of the government after 9-11 – in particular the Homeland Security Department. If i remember correctly, George Bush just tried to keep Homeland Security a seat at the cabinet table and it was the Democrat Senate which demanded an accountable Department instead. <\/p>\n

So Hetherington<\/del>Fareed Zakaria calls for an end to the war to cure this growth of HSD. The war on terror would be over by now if these numbnut armchair generals and philosophers would shut the Hell up for one minute.<\/p>\n

Is there any doubt left in your mind why the Washington Post sold Newsweek magazine for a dollar? <\/p>\n

Thanks to ROS for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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