the War on Terror
Firts, I will say that I do not know what that is, or how it is being fought, but it seems at times to be a game that can only be won by not playing.
I saw a news report today regarding arrests made in a domestic terror plot, where the principals had plans for attacks within the US, and were seeking support from Al Qaida in the mideast.
You can read about it here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13497335/?GT1=8211
and here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/us/22cnd-indict.html
As I type this, I have to ask myself:
what does this all mean?
are these people for real or simply opportunists with an attitude?
what is in this for them?
how were they discovered and caught?
was the threat really credible, (as opposed to a bunch of guys resembling the SLA of the 70's?
Making a long and incoherent thought short and relatively concise, the war on terror is a non-war, and the way to win is to wage non-combat. That is a neat idea, (but I am not sure that I can define it), and I strongly suspect that it will have a lot to do with getting our own domestic house in order as much as any regime changes elsewhere.
update 1:
it appears that the members of "the Seas of David" were from the Miami area, and were, in some ways, disenfranchised from the local commercial environment, (they were out of work), and that thier Al-Qaida 'contact' was in fact, a plant by the feds. This does not diminish the issues at all, it's just that we are likely to see a lot of hype about the effectiveness of Homeland Security in the coming days and election cycle, when in fact, all we have accomplished is a roundup of a bunch of hooligans with no other options in terms of things to do.
update 2:
in an article published online by Boston.com, the Attorney General warned of more domestic terrorists cells, referring to them as "persons who, for whatever reason, came to view their home country as the enemy".
well, whaddaya think of that?
I believe that the sentiment is more widely held than might be noticed, but that the willingness to take action is the factor to be watched. up to this point, this willingness has been isolated, for the most part, to the immigrant and economically disadvantaged communities, but as disadvantage grows, (or, more correctly, as advantage is hoarded by the very few), the pheonomenon of willingness may be seen as growing.
see the article here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/
articles/2006/06/24/us_warns_of_rise_in_domestic_
terror_cells/
I ought to be afraid, but I think I will make some popcorn and watch for a while....
by the way, what do you think of the second amendment now?
I saw a news report today regarding arrests made in a domestic terror plot, where the principals had plans for attacks within the US, and were seeking support from Al Qaida in the mideast.
You can read about it here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13497335/?GT1=8211
and here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/us/22cnd-indict.html
As I type this, I have to ask myself:
what does this all mean?
are these people for real or simply opportunists with an attitude?
what is in this for them?
how were they discovered and caught?
was the threat really credible, (as opposed to a bunch of guys resembling the SLA of the 70's?
Making a long and incoherent thought short and relatively concise, the war on terror is a non-war, and the way to win is to wage non-combat. That is a neat idea, (but I am not sure that I can define it), and I strongly suspect that it will have a lot to do with getting our own domestic house in order as much as any regime changes elsewhere.
update 1:
it appears that the members of "the Seas of David" were from the Miami area, and were, in some ways, disenfranchised from the local commercial environment, (they were out of work), and that thier Al-Qaida 'contact' was in fact, a plant by the feds. This does not diminish the issues at all, it's just that we are likely to see a lot of hype about the effectiveness of Homeland Security in the coming days and election cycle, when in fact, all we have accomplished is a roundup of a bunch of hooligans with no other options in terms of things to do.
update 2:
in an article published online by Boston.com, the Attorney General warned of more domestic terrorists cells, referring to them as "persons who, for whatever reason, came to view their home country as the enemy".
well, whaddaya think of that?
I believe that the sentiment is more widely held than might be noticed, but that the willingness to take action is the factor to be watched. up to this point, this willingness has been isolated, for the most part, to the immigrant and economically disadvantaged communities, but as disadvantage grows, (or, more correctly, as advantage is hoarded by the very few), the pheonomenon of willingness may be seen as growing.
see the article here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/
articles/2006/06/24/us_warns_of_rise_in_domestic_
terror_cells/
I ought to be afraid, but I think I will make some popcorn and watch for a while....
by the way, what do you think of the second amendment now?
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