This is what happens when you have a president who doesn’t read! Information that Al Qaeda has worked with liquid explosives was known. Heck, I knew it from Richard Clarke’s book which was published in 2004. If I know it then why doesn’t the DHS?
Okay, I’m confused. The steroid induced musculature that the Republicans have been posturing with since 9/11 have produced exactly what? Have we ended terrorist attacks? Have we quelled the terrorist violence? Is bin Laden and his lieutenant continuing to issue proclamations taunting the US on a weekly basis? With the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and rumors that Karsi may resign his post out of frustration from a lack of support from the international community and the Americans and crazy violence in Iraq, there is very little evidence that the Republicans have actually made us safer.
If the violence has gotten worse and it certainly hasn’t gotten any better, maybe we need a new approach. Maybe braun without brains is not a good idea. Maybe we could use a more thoughtful approach to combat terrorism. I believe that Israel is figuring out that they’re not going to be able to shoot or bomb all of Hezbollah. While they are widening their offensive they’re also increasing anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiment within the Muslim communities. This does nothing to help our long-range goal of security for all.
Maybe a more measured approach is needed. One which rewards regimes like Lebanon who have embraced democratic ideals. Once we are able to strengthen the government of Lebanon, the Lebanese government should be able to take care of the radical elements of Hezbollah.
Our progressive plan for success.
Dependable renegade has the whole story. They can be quite despicable.
21 people up in arrested in London connected with a plot to blow up airplanes heading for the United States. Early reports indicate that the plotters may be connected with Al Qaeda. Also, that the perpetrators would use liquid explosives hidden in common drinks like a Coke or Pepsi.
We know that Ramzi Yousef, the planner of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and a nephew of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, key planner in 9/11, was almost caught, in the Philippines if I’m not mistaken. While in the Philippines he was working on some type of liquid explosive. The plan at that time was to blow up airplanes over the Pacific Ocean. Richard Clarke’s book, Against All Enemies, describes the incident.
“And he was planning to blow up US airliners in the Pacific with bomb smuggled on board, bombs we would not notice, using liquid explosives. There assembled on board in the bathroom and then left there. The terrorists gets off at the first stop and the plane continues on and blows up. The Filipinos found some of the bombs, but not all. He had all the flights picked out, United, Northwest… 11 of them, 747s.”
The above incident happened in January of 1995. In the intervening 11 years what have we done to prevent these kind of incidents? If the answer is nothing, many government officials should be fired!!! This should have been a surprise. We were warned about this method!
According to the New York Times-The enrollment of black students at three of the most prestigious colleges of the City University of New York has dropped significantly in the six years since the university imposed tougher admissions policies. more
This correlates with a drop of minority enrollment seen in the California schools.
Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
