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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...emotions provoked by this week’s attacks are raw, there is great danger in mounting a rash strike against the wrong target purely to satisfy a desire for quick retribution. Retribution is, no doubt, in order. But lobbing a few ineffectual cruise missiles at suspected terrorist compounds??€”as we did following the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa—will do little to promote our long-term security. If anything, such a policy could incite further violence against the United States...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Ensuring Our National Security | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

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