http://waleshome.org/2009/09/osama-bin-laden-no-longer-matters/ Independent analysis from and about Wales Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://waleshome.org/2009/09/osama-bin-laden-no-longer-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Michael.Cridland Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:07 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=2059#comment-537 An Interesting piece. In some ways its sounds like Eisenhower's Industrial/Military complex gone mad! The trouble for ignorant people like me is what is the truth about Al Qaeda. I could walk down to the library and pick a dozen books on the subject by good and honest people looking at it from totally opposite perspectives. As Pontius Pilate said to Jesus "What is Truth". I recall reading a book by Noam Chomsky on the Kosovo intervention (which too had no UN mandate) based on distortions about ethnic cleansing. Dont hear too much about that piece of illegality including cluster bombs, and using a terrorist organisation to take over Kosovo (KLA) An Interesting piece. In some ways its sounds like Eisenhower’s Industrial/Military complex gone mad! The trouble for ignorant people like me is what is the truth about Al Qaeda. I could walk down to the library and pick a dozen books on the subject by good and honest people looking at it from totally opposite perspectives. As Pontius Pilate said to Jesus “What is Truth”. I recall reading a book by Noam Chomsky on the Kosovo intervention (which too had no UN mandate) based on distortions about ethnic cleansing. Dont hear too much about that piece of illegality including cluster bombs, and using a terrorist organisation to take over Kosovo (KLA)

]]> http://waleshome.org/2009/09/osama-bin-laden-no-longer-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-438 alan davies Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:12:00 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=2059#comment-438 Hear hear! The quote from Hugo is spot-on, yet so misunderstood by political masters (so few of them can be called leaders). Disaffected individuals fuelled and empowered by global networks (web type) are probably the major threat. Most will not be on any security service radar, will operate completely independently and can have significant impact at a time of their choosing. Their cause will probably be unknown, their willingness to sacrifice will not be understood and their attacks will be unexpected. To deal with this, we build Eurofighters and Submarines! So it' true: "you couldn't make it up!" Hear hear! The quote from Hugo is spot-on, yet so misunderstood by political masters (so few of them can be called leaders).
Disaffected individuals fuelled and empowered by global networks (web type) are probably the major threat. Most will not be on any security service radar, will operate completely independently and can have significant impact at a time of their choosing.
Their cause will probably be unknown, their willingness to sacrifice will not be understood and their attacks will be unexpected.
To deal with this, we build Eurofighters and Submarines! So it’ true: “you couldn’t make it up!”

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