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11Dec01. Damn clever, that Bush.
28Oct01. Volunteers
12Oct01. Why Terrorists?
24Oct01. How to Handle Peace Activists: This is making the rounds on radio.
19Oct01 . Civilian Casualties.
17Sept01 . Another lesson from WW2.
15Sep01 . We Need an Arab Army to Hunt Terrorists
I am convinced that only a native Muslim army will be able to put the finish to terrorism. Yes, the U.S. will have to start it - to get Bin Laden, to take the heavy arms - and, certainly, no US troops want potential spies with them. But after that, we have to get the natives involved. We standout on the ground there and we are heathen Christians who don't speak the language or know the territory.
Therefore send these "Arab-American Muslims" to recruit the natives to let them fight for their own, better country. We will have to support their effort and then "Marshall Plan" the country(s) with rebuilding aid, but this will be cheap when compared to American lives. And is the only way to weed out all Arab terrorism.
13Sep01 . War Planning
My warning to America. Terrorists will not be defeated with a space missile defense, consider that a stronger door on the cockpit could have deterred the terrorists. We need intelligence. But the key bit from this web page is that the next attack will not be nuclear, it will be biological.
On T-Day, 911, my wife dragged me to a national conference for which she had pre-paid big bucks. Attendance was only marginally effected by closing air traffic. There were people from California and Virginia, coast to coast. Now consider one of the big shows in NYC, Chicago or Las Vegas with tens of thousands in attendance. The target clientele can be custom selected. The Olympics is a dual target - international visitors as well as national athletes. Striking at the national computer conference in Las Vegas could endanger the high tech infrastructure the fundamentalists despise. A bacterial aerosol with an incubation period will infect, but allow victim carriers to return to hometowns and infect their high-tech co-workers.
The next part of this essay is why we must wipe out terrorism completely. Pearl Harbor's toll was 2,000. Today's total is expected be 20,000 [reduced now to about 3,000]. The next step, biological, will be 200,000 or will it be 2,000,000? National reactions - to ban travel to reduce spread and to quarantine to reduce local spread - will bring industry and commerce to a halt - even if the number is only 200.
Now the problem. If Abdul is a terrorist and is killed, his brothers and cousins will seek revenge. The personal aspects lead to fanaticism against whoever they think, or are told, is the object of hatred.
The problem is not easy to solve. In WW2, Germany was defeat so completely that the people appreciated the end. The Marshall Plan rebuilt that country so that there was a general appreciation of the United States. Japan was completely defeated, even a fanatic nation and society had to acknowledge the truth. Again, a benevolent occupancy resulted in calm.
If we go into Afghanistan, they may fight. Iraq, Iran come to their aid; Libya, Syria lend support. We have to keep smooth relations with Turkey, Turkmenistan, Saudi and Egypt. This means a carrot and stick pressure on those nations so as to achieve some of their needs that are greater than their interest to protect or protest favoring terrorists.
Beefing up security, loss of freedoms, and permanent inconvenience is not satisfactory -- the problem must be solved at the source.
12Sep01 . Our Web Page, "Be Prepared" (What Did We Learn from WW2 ?), Was Right!
11Sep01 . Unthinkable Thoughts, best summarized as: