Posted on 01/11/2005 3:24:12 PM PST by quidnunc
Edited on 02/01/2005 2:27:12 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
“Then the second wave of al-Qaeda attacks hit America”
It is a great honor to be chosen to give this tenth-anniversary lecture. This year, more than at any other time since the beginning of the war on terror, I think we can see clearly how that war has changed our country. Now that the terror seems finally to have receded somewhat, perhaps we can begin to consider the steps necessary to return the United States to what it was before 9/11. To do so, however, we must be clear about what has happened over the past ten years. Thus tonight I will dwell on the history of the war on terror.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Well, at least he isn't still focused on cyber terrorism as he was prior to 9/11...
With all due respect to you, what's the point of posting the dribblings of this self-possessed ego-maniac? He's now on the lecture circuit, having taken his Bush-bashing act on the road. Why anyone should listen to this guy, who was largely out of the loop in regard to US anti-terrorism efforts by 9-11, is beyond me.
Colonel David Hackworth is the only one who ever came close with a WW3 scenario in an article in FHM magazine. He foresaw an Al Queda in 2001 (this was in 1998) in New York. The target was one of the bridges during the New York Marathon being hit by a huge bomb when it was full of runners with about 3000 to 4000 dead. He had a retalitory strike against Afghanistan and the war spreading to Iraq.
Hack just needs to fade away like a good "Old Soldier"!
I went to all this trouble just in order to annoy you.
OK?
Next dunder-headed question!
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The Clarke Effect- another Leftover from The Decade of Frauds
various FR links | 03-25-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
FR file on Clarke
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Richard Clarke Lays Out His Dark Vision
NY Sun ^ | January 11, 2005 | BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun
Posted on 01/11/2005 4:56:03 AM CST by Jim Robinson
Commentary on the article.
You didn't annoy me. I'm just wondering why you bother giving this dickweed any publicity.
So, the author is a gun grabber who places no value in the possibility of an armed populace. No CCWs here to save the day - except for some off-duty cops.
What a load of steaming bunk.
This would have been one time where I'd have been glad to see you excerpt the article.
If I were president Mecca/Medina/Qom would have been nuked midway through this science fiction story.
If Richard Clarke wrote it, you can be sure of the following;
- Everything is George Bush's fault.
- George Bush has not done one single correct thing since he stole the election in 2000.
- Any policy that George Bush or his Cabinet supports is wrong,
- George Bush and his people are total idiots and if it weren't for the tireless, thankless work performed by me, Richard Clarke, the only person in the whole world who knows anything about al Qaeda and terrorism, this country would be smoking crater by now. So bow down to me.
Too bad the media still does.
It's essential to know what is being blabbered out there, even if it makes you puke.
You can always take the approach to just look at it (or read it) and say to yourself, "Make my day, punk", or, if you prefer, "Dick makes me look like a political astrophysicist."
Richard Clarke is one of several people who should have been purged after the GOP took control of the executive branch. Unfortunately, everyone at the time was obsessed with the 'new tone' and have dearly paid for it since.
LOL Richard Clark has to fantasize that anyone will remember who he is or want to hear from him in 2011.
I never heard that Las Vegas was attacked or amusement parks. Did the news media play it down or what?
I lost interest after the first thousand words. It won't come to that. Long before the writer's scenario comes to be, the free nations of the world would put tremendous pressure on "Countries of Concern" like Iran/Syria/France.
"Saudis who had returned from neighboring Iraq, where they had been radicalized by their experiences fighting the U.S. occupation."
Yes, because when the went to Iraq to fight in the Jihad against the Americans, they were polite boy scouts, it was only after going to Iraq the they became radicalized.
Did the Atlantic pay him to write this crap?
.....resounding blasts of Peter Rataczak's .357 as he blew the Asian couple away. "Thank God for the Second Amendment," Peter chuckled to himself as he grabbed the woman's jewelry and the man's watch and wallet before dragging their lifeless bodies off into a nearby thicket, a friendly peace offering to the local skunks and turkey buzzards.
Mr. Clarke displays the aptitude needed for a promising career as a screenwriter for "24".
Well, this may happen if the libs get back in power. We will never be able to use torture and they will stop the fight because they don't believe in it. What will the terrorists be afraid of? We can't even put an Isreali flag on them- the poor souls may get embarrassed.
Anyone who thinks one or all of these scenarios cannot happen is living in Cloud-Coo-Coo-Land.
He's more full of shit than a stuffed Christmas Turkey.
Did W really promise to Nuke Mecca and vaporise that freakin' rock they worship if they attacked us on US soil again?
Or maybe the next earthquake will open up and swallow Mecca, wonder what they would do then? lol j
I've read Tom Clancy.
And, Richard Clarke, you're no Tom Clancy.
I'll bet the loony liberals will lap this crap up like warm milk, though...
Please remember NOT to invite me to Christmas Dinner at your house!
Yecch!
Simply a metaphor I assure you. LOL!
And every time he opens his mouth he just adds more proof the Bush was right.
How did the ego-manical turdbucket miss the disappearance of Mecca and Medina,,Hmmmmmmmm?
I fail to see how all this Clarke bashing has anything to do with a real conversation. Many Republicans agree with Clarke's assessment of the war on terror. Don't forget he served under 4 presidents, Rep and Dem.
Before 9/11 Clarke was thumping the tubs for defense against cyber-terrorism, which was a mania with him.
He double-crossed the Bush administration in the 9/11 hearings in order to sell his book and to position himself for a job in a Kerry administration.
Now he's trying to drum up business for his counter-terror security company.
Clarke is cynical and mercenary self-promoter and he has precious little credibility remaining.
why is anyone who disagrees with Bush somehow a dickweed or a traitor?
His book was pretty good.
Repubs and Dems were not paying attention prior to 911.
Clarke is a little bit of a showboater, but he is no dummy.
Um... Alberto Gonzalez, George W. Bush, and Condoleezza Rice have all refuted the use of torture, as has the FBI and most of the civilized world (although Israel still officially sanctions it). The last thing we want is the liberals being able to claim that they are AGAINST torture and conservatives are FOR torture. Of course, if you think torture is a grand idea, post away and pray the torturers always get the right suspects!
Clarke's analysis does suffer because he has a beef with the Bushies, but I agree that his fictional future lecture does raise some very important points that we need to pay attention. These include "the battle for ideas" that we need to engage in in the Islamic World, the need for better security at domestic buildings and structures where large numbers of people congregate like resorts, bridges and shopping malls, and the need for better security on our borders. I also think the Bushies need to do a better job of articulating a message. They are terrible at public affairs and lack a cogent informational program.
Clarke errs badly when he does not take in account that sprouting of democracy in Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan is already having a positive impact on the Middle East - all thanks to GWB. It is indeed the "ideological counterweight to the jihadis" that he implies hasn't been implemented. Of course, Clarke will never acknowledge this because for him nothing good can come from Bush.
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