Posted on 09/12/2001 4:57:19 AM PDT by Ada Coddington
Yeah, sure, but why doesn't he attack Switzerland then.
2) It was our "Intelligence Agencies policies of ISOLATION" which was the 1st error that caused this mess.
Our intelligence agencies have no isolationist policies. Au contraire as Echelon proves. Problem is is that they relied on Echilon type technology instead of doing actual leg work. Its not that they hadn't a clue as we found out from the papers found on the chief 1993 WTC bomber.
As far as we know, Mr. Keller did not bomb an aspirin factory, shoot an ineffective missle at Osama nor has he had anythin to do with starving 125,000 Iraqi children each year. If criticism of those policies is somehow "helping terrorists", then so be it.
Your arm chair quaterbacking needs a new playbook.
We don't know what stomach the Swiss have for fighting because they haven't done any. They mind their own business and stay prepared.
2) Leg work requires using Operations outside of our borders which would violate isolationism
IMO if we had followed an isolationis foreign policy, we would not now be in this predicament. Now that we are, we must respond in an intelligent manner.
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