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...military intervention in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden gathers steam, it’s hard to find a single cautionary voice in the mainstream media. Not surprisingly, the nascent movement against “America’s new war” is being told not to challenge the wisdom of its elders. In our democracy, condescension and ridicule are often more effective weapons for stifling dissent than force and intimidation...
Initially, the order suggested a figure of $5 million, and implied that as the recipient of bin Laden family money, through Osama bin Laden’s half brother Baker bin Laden, the University is obligated to donate that amount to victims...
...practical notion that nations who harbor terrorists should fear the United States. When Iran illegally develops nuclear weapons or North Korea fires test missiles over Japan that have the range to hit Hawaii, they are blatantly demonstrating that they don’t fear us. Military strikes against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban government will certainly help to reconfirm our unmatched power, but we shouldn’t stop there. The day that America can legitimately protect its citizens from incoming missiles is the day that even the most volatile rogue state will be afraid to launch an attack...
Within hours of the Sept. 11 tragedy, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime publicly discounted the possibility that Osama bin Laden, a suspect in several previous terrorist actions and its notorious guest, could have masterminded the attacks. With wreckage still smoldering in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, and with the investigation leading straight to the al-Qaeda terrorist network which bin Laden heads from his Afghan headquarters, the Taliban demanded that the United States offer proof of bin Laden’s guilt. Now it appears that the United States is prepared to do precisely that...
...idea that Osama bin Laden suddenly disappeared is, to say the least, implausible. To begin with, bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network is not a one-man show: it operates multiple training camps in many nations where would-be terrorists hone their homicidal skills. Even if bin Laden has slipped off into the night, it is almost impossible to believe that his entire organization followed suit. Furthermore, Pakistan and other neighboring countries are controlling their borders tightly, meaning that bin Laden has few places to turn. His exact whereabouts may be unknown, but there is strong reason...