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Submitted by donvan (United States), Jun 9, 2011 at 14:41

Dr. Pipes takes issue with the importance I attribute to the attacks of 9/11. Since he does not state the nature of his issues, please allow me to elaborate. From a military point of view, an attack is judged by the cost, effectiveness, ( ie results), and the effect on the enemy. By all these, 9/11 was hugely effective. This single attack has cost the US trillions in Afganistan, Iraq, etc., drawn the US into a "War on terrorism", which is a thinly veiled war against "Islam", and has become a "Permawar" which can end only when so called "Islam" like the Thugges, Shintos, KKK, and others into a defanged beast. stlii dangerous but hobbled.

I have followed Dr. Pipes for a long time, and have great respect for his opinions, and would greatly appreciate his response.

best regards....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
impact of 9/11 attacks [139 words]donvanJun 9, 2011 14:41186109
fbi and muslims [86 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
donvanJun 7, 2011 21:29186060
What happened to Common sense and logic? [65 words]Seth FosterJun 19, 2006 19:5047913
FBI Gets It Right [94 words]Thomas Earl CannadyJun 16, 2006 21:5047805
OC Register [219 words]Donna SummerJun 16, 2006 17:2947792
Other FBI comments [45 words]MarcHJun 16, 2006 14:2247771
LA Times Article on FBI reassuring local Muslim community following comments of Rose [331 words]MarcHJun 18, 2006 10:1947771
even so, she overstates the case against racial profiling [59 words]Joe GrossbergJun 16, 2006 11:3847766
Simple Good Sense [497 words]aridogJun 16, 2006 06:4347755

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