From the March/April 2002 issue of Foreign Affairs: “Right after September 11 [September 14, 2001], Congress authorized $40 billion in emergency spending–and that was just a down payment in the struggle against terrorism. The estimated cost to the U.S. economy ranges from $100 billion to $300 billion.” – Foreign Affairs, The U.S. vs. al Qaeda, […]
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9/14/2001
Summing up America’s defenses following 9/11: “For the last decade, the use of American might has been shaped by several principles: emphasizing air power and long-range precision arms, avoiding ground combat whenever possible and using overwhelming ground forces when it is not. The use of American military force has also been reactive. Pre-emptive action was […]
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“Secretary of State Colin Powell encapsulated widely held views of how the [Bush] administration would respond [to the 9/11 attacks] when he said of al Qaeda [on September 14, 2001], ‘We will go after that group, that network, and those who have harbored, supported and aided that network.’ Representing the scope of the administration’s ambitions, […]
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“Security officials estimate that about 3,500 Arab militants live in Germany and raise significant sums of money for Mr. bin Laden and other Middle East radicals. There is a network to provide fake documents and shelter for militants, the security officials said.” – Steven Erlanger, “German Officials Link 3 Arab Men to Attack,” The New […]
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In an address at the Washington National Cathedral on September 14, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘Just three days removed from these events [9/11], Americans do not yet have the distance of history… But our responsibility to history is already clear–to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil. War has been waged against […]
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“The [Bush] administration had asked Congress for an immediate $20 billion to begin building the military and intelligence force required to start the antiterror campaign. ‘Twenty billion dollars is a lot of money,’ [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Mr. [Paul] Wolfowitz said, ‘but for this country, it is a down payment on what we’re going to […]
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On September 14, 2001, as Congress was nearing approval for the U.S. to go to war against the 9/11 attackers, “the White House presented an urgent new proposal, ‘a draft that gave the White House virtually unchecked authority and the ability to do virtually anything,’ [Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom] Daschle [D-SD] recalled. …President Bush […]
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“AFGHANISTAN–Radio Shariat said the Taliban was ready to hand over Osama bin Laden to ‘one of the Islamic courts of the world’ if Washington could prove his involvement in the [9/11] attacks in the United States.” – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001 […]
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On September 14, 2001, President’s Bush’s lawyers sought advice from the Justice Department regarding Bush’s use of war powers inside America. “Bush’s legal team was arguing that the President not only had power to defend the nation as he saw fit…he also had the power to override existing laws that Congress had specifically designed to […]
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"TURKEY–Foreign Minister Ismail Cem pledged the government's help in tracking down those behind the attacks, but warned Washington against turning the events into a 'fight between two religions and different cultures.' " – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001, […]