From Deseret News:
Earlier this year, quite by happenstance, I read a book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James B. Stewart.
"Heart of a Soldier" tells the story of two men who, well before it happened, foretold not only of the terrorist attack of 9/11 but also the 1993 bombing in the World Trade Center parking garage that preceded it.
One of the men, Rick Rescorla, was chief of security for Morgan Stanley with an office in the World Trade Center. He died on 9/11, but not before he shepherded all but six of Morgan Stanley's 2,700 employees to safety because of a well-prepared and well-executed evacuation plan. He'd have made it out, too, had he not gone back in the building looking for those six.
The other man, Daniel J. Hill, is still alive.
With another Sept. 11 approaching I wanted to talk to The Man Who Predicted 9/11.
Read more ....
My Comment: My contacts in the Middle East, Russia, and China tell me the same thing. They cannot understand our open borders or our lack of focus on the threat .... and the threat is militant Islam that is bred in places like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan.
My answer to my friends is always the same .... the U.S. political and media elite are in denial, and through their actions they have failed us miserably. Best to focus on Guantanamo, torture, and beating up on the CIA than continuing the Bush Doctrine of fighting wars and invading countries .... after all .... who wants to start a war.
I hope that another 9/11 does not happen in my lifetime .... but as Sen. Hillary Clinton remarked to a General who was talking about Iraq war strategy during the height of the Iraq war .... hope is not a strategy.
Sen. Clinton was right then .... and I can only hope that she and others are saying the same today.
Earlier this year, quite by happenstance, I read a book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James B. Stewart.
"Heart of a Soldier" tells the story of two men who, well before it happened, foretold not only of the terrorist attack of 9/11 but also the 1993 bombing in the World Trade Center parking garage that preceded it.
One of the men, Rick Rescorla, was chief of security for Morgan Stanley with an office in the World Trade Center. He died on 9/11, but not before he shepherded all but six of Morgan Stanley's 2,700 employees to safety because of a well-prepared and well-executed evacuation plan. He'd have made it out, too, had he not gone back in the building looking for those six.
The other man, Daniel J. Hill, is still alive.
With another Sept. 11 approaching I wanted to talk to The Man Who Predicted 9/11.
Read more ....
My Comment: My contacts in the Middle East, Russia, and China tell me the same thing. They cannot understand our open borders or our lack of focus on the threat .... and the threat is militant Islam that is bred in places like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan.
My answer to my friends is always the same .... the U.S. political and media elite are in denial, and through their actions they have failed us miserably. Best to focus on Guantanamo, torture, and beating up on the CIA than continuing the Bush Doctrine of fighting wars and invading countries .... after all .... who wants to start a war.
I hope that another 9/11 does not happen in my lifetime .... but as Sen. Hillary Clinton remarked to a General who was talking about Iraq war strategy during the height of the Iraq war .... hope is not a strategy.
Sen. Clinton was right then .... and I can only hope that she and others are saying the same today.