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a must read

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:05 am
by anastrophe
call me simple minded, but i've no interest in clarke's book or the sept 11 commission report.



second guessing, hindsight, all 20/20.



who is to blame for 9/11? the terrorists. duh. could it have been prevented? duh - in hindsight. could pearl harbor have been prevented? auschwitz? only after a catastrophe is it possible to say 'it might have been prevented'. before it happens, it's like saying - the united states would have been anihillated by a nuclear attack from the soviet union back in the 1970's. we really would have been. but we weren't. it was prevented. anything that doesn't happen has been 'prevented.



i need another cup of coffee.



:D

a must read

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:03 pm
by capt_buzzard
anastrophe wrote: call me simple minded, but i've no interest in clarke's book or the sept 11 commission report.



second guessing, hindsight, all 20/20.



who is to blame for 9/11? the terrorists. duh. could it have been prevented? duh - in hindsight. could pearl harbor have been prevented? auschwitz? only after a catastrophe is it possible to say 'it might have been prevented'. before it happens, it's like saying - the united states would have been anihillated by a nuclear attack from the soviet union back in the 1970's. we really would have been. but we weren't. it was prevented. anything that doesn't happen has been 'prevented.



i need another cup of coffee.



:D


Well put bud,

and can I have some coffee 1 suger & milk please