enhanced_deficit
09-19-2016, 01:08 PM
Was Atlantic's Robert Wright right when he made following observation?
Police Identify Suspect In NYC Bombing As Afghani-Born Ahmad Khan Rahami (http://http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-19/police-identify-suspect-nyc-bombing-ahmad-khan-rahami)
Sep 19, 2016 9:41 AM
Moments ago, the NYPD announced that it seeking 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami of New Jersey in connection to the pressure-cooker bomb, assistant commissioner J. Peter Donald said. Rahami is a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan. According to the DOJ he is 5'6" tall, and weighs approximately 200 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and brown facial hair.
According to CNN, (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/index.html)the investigation into both the New York and New Jersey bombings is leading authorities to signs of a possible terror cell in those two states.
http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/february152013/drone-disapproval.jpg
Drone Strikes and the Boston Marathon Bombing
The more we learn about the Boston Marathon bombing, the more reason there is to doubt the wisdom of Obama's drone-heavy approach to fighting terrorism.
Robert Wright
Apr 21, 2013
Protesters loyal to the Shi'ite al-Houthi rebel group burn an effigy of a U.S. aircraft during a demonstration to protest against what they say is U.S. interference in Yemen, including drone strikes, in the Old Sanaa city April 12, 2013. (Reuters)
In 2011, after President Obama used a drone to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen who was recruiting jihadists from his perch in Yemen, many hailed the assassination as a powerful blow against terrorism.
"The death of al-Awlaki is the last nail in the coffin of the al Qaeda brand,"wrote Lisa Merriam (a "brand consultant") in a piece for Forbes. "Yes, bombs are what we think of when we think of al Qaeda, but powerful bombs require a powerful brand. The al Qaeda brand has been the key to raising awareness, raising an army of recruits, raising money, and raising terror. Now that the brand is dead, all of those goals are out of reach."
Tell that to the people of Boston. The more we learn about the Boston Marathon bombing--and the accused bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev--the more reason there is to doubt the wisdom of Obama's drone-heavy approach to fighting terrorism. Not only did his hundreds of drone strikes fail to prevent the bombing; they've probably made this kind of terrorism--home-grown terrorism, committed by longtime residents of America--more likely.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/drone-strikes-and-the-boston-marathon-bombing/275164/
Police Identify Suspect In NYC Bombing As Afghani-Born Ahmad Khan Rahami (http://http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-19/police-identify-suspect-nyc-bombing-ahmad-khan-rahami)
Sep 19, 2016 9:41 AM
Moments ago, the NYPD announced that it seeking 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami of New Jersey in connection to the pressure-cooker bomb, assistant commissioner J. Peter Donald said. Rahami is a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan. According to the DOJ he is 5'6" tall, and weighs approximately 200 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and brown facial hair.
According to CNN, (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/index.html)the investigation into both the New York and New Jersey bombings is leading authorities to signs of a possible terror cell in those two states.
http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/february152013/drone-disapproval.jpg
Drone Strikes and the Boston Marathon Bombing
The more we learn about the Boston Marathon bombing, the more reason there is to doubt the wisdom of Obama's drone-heavy approach to fighting terrorism.
Robert Wright
Apr 21, 2013
Protesters loyal to the Shi'ite al-Houthi rebel group burn an effigy of a U.S. aircraft during a demonstration to protest against what they say is U.S. interference in Yemen, including drone strikes, in the Old Sanaa city April 12, 2013. (Reuters)
In 2011, after President Obama used a drone to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen who was recruiting jihadists from his perch in Yemen, many hailed the assassination as a powerful blow against terrorism.
"The death of al-Awlaki is the last nail in the coffin of the al Qaeda brand,"wrote Lisa Merriam (a "brand consultant") in a piece for Forbes. "Yes, bombs are what we think of when we think of al Qaeda, but powerful bombs require a powerful brand. The al Qaeda brand has been the key to raising awareness, raising an army of recruits, raising money, and raising terror. Now that the brand is dead, all of those goals are out of reach."
Tell that to the people of Boston. The more we learn about the Boston Marathon bombing--and the accused bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev--the more reason there is to doubt the wisdom of Obama's drone-heavy approach to fighting terrorism. Not only did his hundreds of drone strikes fail to prevent the bombing; they've probably made this kind of terrorism--home-grown terrorism, committed by longtime residents of America--more likely.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/drone-strikes-and-the-boston-marathon-bombing/275164/