[IP] more on "Trapped in the War on Terror" by Ian Lustick
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From: Brock N Meeks <bmeeks@xxxxxxx>
Date: November 8, 2006 12:10:36 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] "Trapped in the War on Terror" by Ian Lustick
With the proviso that I have not yet read the article mentioned
below, I am astounded by the very first quote. Having covered many
Islamic warlords and spent a fair amount of time in the Muslim world,
I have never, ever, heard one utter such perfectly phrased American
cliches.
I find it specious that an "al Quaeda security chief" would use the
term "took the bait" and "fell into our trap." I wonder if this is
an extremely loose translation... or simply a convenient invention.
On Nov 8, 2006, at 11:00 AM, David Farber wrote:
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From: Ted Kircher <tkircher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 8, 2006 10:37:53 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: "Trapped in the War on Terror" by Ian Lustick
Reply-To: Ted Kircher <tkircher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave, for IP if you wish.
An excellent review of Ian Lustick's book can be read on page 12 of
the PDF of the
Arts & Science magazine of the University of Pennsylvania at
<http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/SAS_Sum06.pdf>.
The first sentence of the review is: "The Americans took the bait
and fell into our trap"
crowed al Quaeda security chief, Seif al-Adl. The overwhelming
U.S. reaction to 9/11,
in particular the unjustified preemptive war with Iraq, has allowed
al Quaeda to grow
dramatically. It was also an act costing al Quaeda less than $200K
that will wind up
costing the U.S. $1T - an amplifying effect of 5 million
(5,000,000)! - in addition to
both increasing our threat of terrorism and reducing our individual
freedoms.
I think the U.S. needs to realize that our primary threat is
economic - and in particular
from China which does NOT have to be very concerned about terrorism
including
the tremendeous expense of trying to prevent it.
The focus of our capital, to remain highly competitive globally,
needs to be on educating
all of our citizens (think of them as employees of our company, the
U.S., who can't be
fired) and funding new ventures to create attractive (price as well
as function) products
for the rapidly expanding global marketplace.
Ted
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