From The Wall Street Journal:
It was the furies of the Arab world, not Afghanistan, that struck America eight years ago today.
The road that led to 9/11 was never a defining concern of President Barack Obama. But he returned to 9/11 as he sought to explain and defend the war in Afghanistan in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 17. "The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice; it is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mea
It was the furies of the Arab world, not Afghanistan, that struck America eight years ago today.
The road that led to 9/11 was never a defining concern of President Barack Obama. But he returned to 9/11 as he sought to explain and defend the war in Afghanistan in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 17. "The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice; it is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mea
The road that led to 9/11 was never a defining concern of President Barack Obama. But he returned to 9/11 as he sought to explain and defend the war in Afghanistan in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 17. "The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice; it is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda could plot to kill more Americans."
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My Comment: Only an Arab academic like Fouad Ajami .... with a background in the Middle East and radical Islam .... could write a commentary like this one.
I have a video of him on the Charlie Rose show that was done after 9/11 .... he was prophetic then .... he is even more so now.
Read the whole thing.
Read more ....
My Comment: Only an Arab academic like Fouad Ajami .... with a background in the Middle East and radical Islam .... could write a commentary like this one.
I have a video of him on the Charlie Rose show that was done after 9/11 .... he was prophetic then .... he is even more so now.
Read the whole thing.