More 9/11 Monday Morning Quarterbacking
The 9/11 Commission will go down in history as a colossal waste of time and money. More dubious findings were released Thursday.
These "blue-ribbon panels" offer the worst of all worlds: mediocre intellects, political woolgathering, bureaucratic butt-covering.
Here's the reality: the 9/11 attacks were brilliantly conceived and executed, the single most devastating terror attacks since Genghis Khan drove his Mongol horde into Europe. Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda managed to launch an extremely effective surprise attack on a nation which never realized the extent to which Islamofascists would go to vent their anti-American hatred.
One can never guard against every avenue of attack, particularly when faced with an innovative and determined foe with years to plan and practice. Intelligence will never be perfect. We were able to read Nazi and Japanese codes from very early in WWII, yet Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge still caught us completely unawares.
The real question is not how al Qaeda managed to pull off 9/11 but how effective the American response has been. Despite a burning desire to follow up the destruction of the World Trade Center towers with additional terrorist attacks, there have been none on American soil in 3 1/2 years. Our offensive is working.
Richard Ben-Veniste and the other Democrat hacks can continue to cover their hinders with white paper after white paper. It doesn't matter. Their failures are transparent. Their failures are history.
What matters now is the continued war against the Islamofascists and the terror they breed.
These "blue-ribbon panels" offer the worst of all worlds: mediocre intellects, political woolgathering, bureaucratic butt-covering.
Here's the reality: the 9/11 attacks were brilliantly conceived and executed, the single most devastating terror attacks since Genghis Khan drove his Mongol horde into Europe. Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda managed to launch an extremely effective surprise attack on a nation which never realized the extent to which Islamofascists would go to vent their anti-American hatred.
One can never guard against every avenue of attack, particularly when faced with an innovative and determined foe with years to plan and practice. Intelligence will never be perfect. We were able to read Nazi and Japanese codes from very early in WWII, yet Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge still caught us completely unawares.
The real question is not how al Qaeda managed to pull off 9/11 but how effective the American response has been. Despite a burning desire to follow up the destruction of the World Trade Center towers with additional terrorist attacks, there have been none on American soil in 3 1/2 years. Our offensive is working.
Richard Ben-Veniste and the other Democrat hacks can continue to cover their hinders with white paper after white paper. It doesn't matter. Their failures are transparent. Their failures are history.
What matters now is the continued war against the Islamofascists and the terror they breed.
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