Category Archives: The Looming Tower
It is true that there were some Palestinians “dancing” in the streets, jubilant that “America got what it deserved” on 9/11. But do those Palestinians who did celebrate represent the feelings of the entire Muslim world? All Palestinians (many of … Continue reading
A French peacekeeper of the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Kabul, October 7, 2004. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan You’d think it would be the bleeding heart liberals who would want us to … Continue reading
U.S. Marines from Charlie 1/1 of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) fill sand bags around their light mortar position at a Marine Corps base in southern Afghanistan, December 1, 2001. REUTERS/Jim Hollander Words have consequences. This is by no … Continue reading
Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri? The salafi fundamentalists? Sufi Islam? Farrakhan and The Nation of Islam? Baha’ism? Sunni or Shi’a? The Ayatollahs who wish to bring about the end time and reign in the 2nd coming of the 12th … Continue reading
Hugh Hewitt interviewed Lawrence Wright yesterday, the author of the excellent book The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, and the author of a brand new long article in The New Yorker. Hugh and Lawrence go over … Continue reading
We’ve often heard critics of the war in Iraq assert that we’ve diverted attention away from the real war on terror, and need to focus attention on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan (as if we aren’t engaged against al-Qaeda operatives … Continue reading