Can't Resist Asking This Controversial Question ...

Submitted by Alex (United States), Sep 12, 2010 at 23:08

One subject that Dr. Pipes does not mention in this brief but thoughtful and thorough review of Americans' grasp of issues related to 9/11 is that of the sponsorship by nation-states (in particular, the Islamic Republic of Iran) of Islamist terrorism.

So, two questions I would pose to him are, one, to what extent have Americans--including our government--come to appreciate the role of state-sponsorship, as opposed to the "network" model for understanding terrorism, and would Americans even need to fully realize up the threat of Islamism if its state-sponsorship were eliminated?

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