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To: zeta1961 who wrote (29176)	9/26/2006 3:22:35 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541337

"Who do you think rightfully deserves the blame(in the US) re: 9/11 happening?" The people in the US who were flying the planes. IMO

To: zeta1961 who wrote (29176)	9/26/2006 3:31:54 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541337

I don't blame anyone for it- any more than I blame anyone for Oklahoma City (well aside from the actual terrorists- I blame them). It's unfortunate that the various branches of law enforcement weren't communicating better with each other, but I don't really blame anyone in particular for that. The nature of the structure of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies was the result of many different lawmakers and administrators, and administrations- and I couldn't single out any one group for blame on that one. I don't think the capture of Osama would necessarily have prevented 9/11- those cells were in place, and had Osama been captured or killed it might just as easily have taken place as an homage to the martyr Osama. Terrorists will always be able to exploit our weaknesses if we remain a relatively free society, and to remain a free society we will have to accept a certain amount of risk. But even totalitarian regimes experience terrorism- so cracking down on freedom is no guarantee of safety from terrorists. Those who wish to be absolutely safe will be disappointed, and those who are willing to give up the freedom of our society to be absolutely safe will be doubly disappointed- once they figure out that they gave their freedom up for a safety they can never have. That's what I think.

To: zeta1961 who wrote (29176)	9/26/2006 8:27:05 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541337

Who do you think rightfully deserves the blame(in the US) re: 9/11 happening? And which actions or inactions in particular? You didn't ask me but one shouldn't confine this to the presidential level. During Clinton's years all the literature says he is right, the military resisted attempts to get bin Laden in Afghanistan. For what were good reasons at the time. Now they don't look so good. You can argue that Bill Casey, head of the CIA under Reagan, and his successors deserves some blame for their arming of the Afghan resistance without taking responsibility for the resulting social conditions after the Russians left. The best reading of this I've seen is in Steven Coll's book, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 If you are interested, here's the Amazon url. amazon.com