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Originally Posted by Sigaba
MOO, it is a mistake of monumental proportions to assess the threat of radical Islam primarily upon perceived intentions. Capabilities matter.
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What did we as a nation believe them capable of on September 10, 2001?
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IMO, many of the broad references being made in this thread to Nazism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust are historiographically sustainable only if one willfully ignores entirely the majority of research and debate over these topics that has occurred over the last forty or fifty years.
My $0.02.
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IMO, not recognizing, and learning from, our own intel gaps in regards to Nazism and the rise of the third reich, will only cause us to repeat those same mistakes. Forty or Fifty years from now...what do you believe the research and debate will show regarding radical islamists.
I'll give you a hint...we choose to ignore the first attempt on the WTC, we choose to ignore the attack on the Cole, and we choose to forget attacks on Marines.