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kpete

(71,994 posts) Fri Sep 11, 2015, 04:38 PM Sep 2015

"An Anomalous Event"

By JOSH MARSHALL

This post got a lot of people up in arms last year. But it's truly a must read and I want to re-up it on this 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. As TPM Reader JB put it a year ago today ...

To me the most notable thing looking back on 9/11 13 years later is how crystal clear it is now that it was an anomalous event and not, contrary to all the rhetoric of the time, the dawn of a new era of domestic terrorism. The fact that basically nothing analogous – meaning a domestic terror attack planned and executed by foreigners or local cells funded by Al Queda or like groups -- has happened in the 13 years since is pretty incredible and unexpected. Perhaps more surprising still is that the only viable explanation for the dearth of attacks is that terrorists motivated to carry out attacks inside the United States do not exist.

the rest:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/youll-want-to-read-this

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"An Anomalous Event" (Original Post) kpete Sep 2015 OP

I've been saying that for years hfojvt Sep 2015 #1

I've known that since 1pm or so SheilaT Sep 2015 #2

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

1. I've been saying that for years

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 04:55 PM

Sep 2015

although a few plots have been spoiled by the police.

I would say it a little bit weaker.

The terrorist threat has been hyped, exaggerated, blown out of proportion.

But I still think the Anthrax letters were an inside job, and LIHOP too.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

2. I've known that since 1pm or so

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 05:11 PM

Sep 2015

on September 11, 2001.

I find the yearly remembrances to be at best irritating. I do not think any greater good is served by getting all worked up on this date every year.

A bunch of fanatics hijacked some airplanes, crashed them, and a lot of genuinely innocent people died. That last part is sad, but at what point do people move on?

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