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...Radical Muslims become bombers, Sageman argues, when the causes of their anger - the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the U.S. invasion of Iraq - come to be perceived as part of a general war against Islam. The feeling of being under attack may be amplified by personal experience of discrimination, and then validated by exchanges with like-minded friends, family members and Internet users, before being converted into action by "al-Qaeda." Not, as Sageman puts it, "al-Qaeda Central" (made up of those who have sworn an oath of loyalty to Osama bin Laden), but al-Qaeda the informal network, mobilizing...
...Karen Tumulty and David Von Drehle talk about how Hillary is obsessed with winning and has been mounting relentless attacks against Obama. That's the case with any candidate trying to catch up. Didn't Obama attack Clinton with the same intensity when she was considered the front runner? Winning is Obama's goal too. Neither candidate is more innocent than the other - it's just how the game is played. No need to scream bloody murder when Clinton is on the offensive. Brenda Huang San Jose, California...
...What cannot be underestimated, almost every professor interviewed said, was the effect of Sept. 11. The shock of the attack was still being felt a year later, when Bush asked Congress to give him authorization to attack Iraq...
...Bush had said after Sept. 11 that in order to defend Americans we have to attack China, you could have almost done it,” Allison said...
...obsolete" died along with the Soviet Union. But "Star Wars" has been resurrected, and has been standing guard over America's skies since 2004. But the more than $120 billion spent over 25 years to build the "Star Wars" missile shield has not left the U.S. less vulnerable to attack - some would argue that it has done exactly the opposite, by diverting resources away from dealing with more urgent and plausible threats...