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September 14, 2006 at 8:45 pm
Oh, that’s a bit of a stretch… if we have no leads and no suspects, how can we classify it as a terrorist attack? For the moment I don’t see how we have much more reason to call it a terrorist attack than we did the Tylenol murders. About the only difference is that many of the anthrax targets were politicians and media figures, but even that could still have been conceived by a single disturbed individual with far different motives than a terrorist.
September 15, 2006 at 7:47 am
Wasn’t the intention to instill fear?
Given that it appeared to be targetting different areas of the country, people were dying, getting sick, and nobody knew if it was going to continue or not; mail carriers were wearing masks and gloves, mail facilities were being quarantined, and people actually died as the result of a biological weapon, um…I’d call that a terrorist attack.
Ever heard of a home-grown terrorist?
September 15, 2006 at 9:41 am
Home grown = Ted Kazinski & Timothy McVeigh. Also included would be Klebold/Harris, & the 2 that were stopped in Green Bay. I think what the morons in Washington are trying to take credit for is no 9/11 style attacks. And, given the articles in the Washington Post yesterday, between TSA & people who feel rules were made to be broken, it won’t be long before it does happen again.
September 15, 2006 at 9:48 am
President Bush, Sept. 5th, 2006
Sure, maybe they are trying to take credit for a lack of 9/11 style attack but if the President is warning against such individuals, it shold be pointed out that we’ve already been subject to a 9/11 style attack (9/11, of course) and a homegrown terrorist attack, something the president has repeatedly warned us about.
September 15, 2006 at 5:41 pm
We don’t know that the intention was to instill fear, unless there are details of the case I have forgotten. For all we know, it was someone who wanted the warped thrill of sending a toxin off to a public figure and seeing it reported on the news, much like an arsonist will stand in the crowd watching a building burn, surrounded by people who don’t know he did it.
It may have been a terrorist attack, but there are some hallmarks missing, and I think we are far from sure; certainly way too far to accuse the president of lying.
September 15, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Dynamic conversation. I like it.
It is arguable that the anthrax attacks could be classified as terrorism. It is also arguable that they were motivated by thrills, by revenge, or some other motive.
The failure of the authorities to find anything leaves a void.
Just as the failure of the authorities to track down “wanted dead or alive” Osama bin Laden leaves a void.
Of course, we don’t need this to accuse the President of lying. His track record on that is already clear.
He says whatever fits in with what he wants to believe–or, probably more accurately, wants us to believe–regardless of the truth.