RE: Quote of the Day: Bruce Schneier

[rms () computerbytesman com]

To understand the 9/11 attacks, one really needs to go back to the
original terrorist act commited by people involved in the attacks.  This
1993 Village Voice article is one of the better sources that I have seen:

    http://www.textfiles.com/conspiracy/wtcbomb1.txt

9/11 was not a single crime, but part of a series of terrorist acts
against the U.S. which started in 1990.

Richard


> > I would say that this is primarily the source of our problems -- our
> foreign policy.
>
> Oh, don't tell that to Rudy Giuliani.  According to his attack on Ron
> Paul the other night, our foreign policy had nothing to do with 9/11.
> An incredible statement.
>
> (I'm apolotical here folks, it's just an observation).
>
>
> Alex
>
>
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> To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
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> - -- Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
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> > However, out in the political arena, this won't happen as long as The
> > Great Unwashed are voting.  You can propose a *lot* of different
> "fixes"
> > for the "problem" of terrorism, but *none* of them will work until you
> > address the base problem, which in the case of the US is that:
> >
> > a) Fundamentalist Muslims find our lifestyle and culture insulting.
> > Most of them would be quite happy to let us rot in our own country if
> > we let them run their country the way they want to.
> >
> > b) We insist on exporting our lifestyle and culture.
> >
> > Now, given those two setup points, how can you *possibly* expect a good
>
> > outcome from us invading not one, but two sovereign countries and
> > installing a puppet regime that we selected?
>
> With regards to ill-will against the U.S., I would say that this is
> primarily the source of our problems -- our foreign policy.
>
> The point here is that knee-jerk reactions don't work, and psychology
> plays into "Security Theater" in this regard. :-)
>
> - - ferg
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