[lit-ideas] Re: The 9.11 Report
- From: Ronnie <vcaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:24:20 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Another president could choose another course. Neocons tried to get Clinton to
invade Iraq and he wouldn't do it.
They went to Congress to put pressure on Clinton and that didn't work either.
American president, once elected, is answerable to no one to a great degree.
They can choose what they think is right and some might take the heat from the
opposition. Clinton did, despite all his troubles.
Veronica
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From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jul 24, 2004 10:20 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The 9.11 Report
The report is available free in .pdf here -- and I think elsewhere:
http://www.9-11commission.gov/
Sunday, July 25, 2004, 4:00:06 AM, Veronica Caley wrote:
VC> Andreas, I am not sure how much of this is a summary and how much is
VC> editorializing on your part. However, I will read the book. I am reminded
VC> of Larry Kramer on this list, when it was Phil-Lit, and his comment that it
VC> might come to the point where the US will bomb Arab civilians deliberately.
VC> I assure you that if these guys set off a biological or nuclear device and
VC> kill tens, let alone hundreds of thousands, there will be millions bleeding
VC> in the Arab world. Literally. And Americans will back it, no matter who
VC> the president is.
1, I am not sure what part of Andreas' summary evoked your response.
2, if that did happen, Al Qaeda would have won, definitively. 3, it is
the view of Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam, that
the ferocity of Al Qaeda's attacks is a reflection of their lack of
true mass support in the Arab/Muslim world (but see 2). 4. I realise
this consideration will carry no weight. 5.
VC> And Americans will back it, no matter who the president is.
but if a president were to choose another course of action, they could
not bring it about themselves
(and pigs might fly?)
--
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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