Comments on: Shorter Newsweek: Except For All the Terrorist Attacks, Terrorism is Down http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:09:33 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: ekunin http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790698 ekunin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:49:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790698 <p>My bad. I looked in the wrong place. I guess I had a senior moment.</p> My bad. I looked in the wrong place. I guess I had a senior moment.

]]> By: ekunin http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790696 ekunin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:45:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790696 <p>I believe I posted to this presentation #58-the presentations come so quickly it is easy to forget which one. My comment now seems to be missing. It was not obscene, it was on topic-or so I thought-and it did not suggest violence. Where did I go wrong?</p> I believe I posted to this presentation #58-the presentations come so quickly it is easy to forget which one. My comment now seems to be missing. It was not obscene, it was on topic-or so I thought-and it did not suggest violence. Where did I go wrong?

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790212 dakine01 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:21:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790212 <p>I did not state that the Anthrax attack was by al-Qaeda. I was just pointing out that it was a terrorist attack.</p> <p>At least with Clinton, he actually took the time to find and punish most of those responsible for the first WTC attack and did so using police methods. Meaning he was able to do so without involving US troops in two ground wars in Asia.</p> <p>And the Cole bombing occurred 3 months before Clinton left office, so any failure to “punish” the perpetrators of that seems to fall on the administration that followed doncha think? Or was Clinton such a powerful person with abilities far beyond the norm where he would know immediately upon hearing of a crime, who the perp was?</p> I did not state that the Anthrax attack was by al-Qaeda. I was just pointing out that it was a terrorist attack.

At least with Clinton, he actually took the time to find and punish most of those responsible for the first WTC attack and did so using police methods. Meaning he was able to do so without involving US troops in two ground wars in Asia.

And the Cole bombing occurred 3 months before Clinton left office, so any failure to “punish” the perpetrators of that seems to fall on the administration that followed doncha think? Or was Clinton such a powerful person with abilities far beyond the norm where he would know immediately upon hearing of a crime, who the perp was?

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790205 oldoilfieldhand Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:15:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790205 <p>Aerosol Weaponizing anthrax in a cave in Afghanistan? I can see them doing the anthrax and mailing it to the people resisting the Bush Administration attempts to separate United States citizens from their money and their rights. After all, 19 arabs with boxcutters foiled the entire United States civilian air defense and military defense system, right?</p> Aerosol Weaponizing anthrax in a cave in Afghanistan? I can see them doing the anthrax and mailing it to the people resisting the Bush Administration attempts to separate United States citizens from their money and their rights. After all, 19 arabs with boxcutters foiled the entire United States civilian air defense and military defense system, right?

]]> By: FreedomNow http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790130 FreedomNow Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:54:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790130 <p>The evidence behind the anthrax attack does not yet connect Al Qaeda to those events…at any rate even if they did, measures have beens secured. Let us not forget that the first World Trade Center attack under Clinton was only partially punished and the attack on the USS Cole was never answered.</p> The evidence behind the anthrax attack does not yet connect Al Qaeda to those events…at any rate even if they did, measures have beens secured. Let us not forget that the first World Trade Center attack under Clinton was only partially punished and the attack on the USS Cole was never answered.

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790116 twolf1 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:19:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790116 <p><a href="http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/gay-bishop-to-deliver-opening-ceremony-prayer/" rel="nofollow">new post</a> way upstairs…</p> new post way upstairs…

]]> By: Clovis http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790115 Clovis Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:18:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790115 <p>In two hundred years, there was never, ever an attack the equal of 9-11, and who was on watch when that came down? Now, how is it some incompetent can claim only one disaster a shift proves his mettle? The captain of the Titanic, had he survived, could make a similar claim. <i>“Cunnard never again lost a ship of that size in those waters.”</i> Hoping no one remember that, before he blundered onto the ice, none ever had before.</p> In two hundred years, there was never, ever an attack the equal of 9-11, and who was on watch when that came down? Now, how is it some incompetent can claim only one disaster a shift proves his mettle? The captain of the Titanic, had he survived, could make a similar claim. “Cunnard never again lost a ship of that size in those waters.” Hoping no one remember that, before he blundered onto the ice, none ever had before.

]]> By: mafr http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790113 mafr Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:53:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790113 <p>Ever see the often played video of the terrorists training somewhere, maybe Afghanistan, climbing along a horizontal ladder. It’s hilarious. real scary stuff boys and girls.</p> <p>Watch “The Power of Nightmares”</p> <p>They think “if the president does it, it’s legal”</p> <p>They also think “If the president didn’t do it, it wasn’t necessary”</p> Ever see the often played video of the terrorists training somewhere, maybe Afghanistan, climbing along a horizontal ladder. It’s hilarious. real scary stuff boys and girls.

Watch “The Power of Nightmares”

They think “if the president does it, it’s legal”

They also think “If the president didn’t do it, it wasn’t necessary”

]]> By: mafr http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790112 mafr Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:43:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790112 <p>I don’t think too many of these “journalists” read very much.</p> I don’t think too many of these “journalists” read very much.

]]> By: PierceNichols http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790110 PierceNichols Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:43:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/shorter-newsweek-except-for-all-the-terrorist-attacks-terrorism-is-down/#comment-1790110 <p>More people in the US will die of influenza *THIS MONTH* than have been killed in terrorist attacks within the US in *MY LIFETIME* (~31.5 yrs). If we spend 1% of the money we’ve wasted on fighting terrorism on fighting the flu (say, through a universal vaccination campaign), we’d save far more lives at far less cost.</p> More people in the US will die of influenza *THIS MONTH* than have been killed in terrorist attacks within the US in *MY LIFETIME* (~31.5 yrs). If we spend 1% of the money we’ve wasted on fighting terrorism on fighting the flu (say, through a universal vaccination campaign), we’d save far more lives at far less cost.

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