Leveraging terror
Nov 29, 2008 Homo sapiens, Oppression, Stragety
I made a point in a previous post that appears to have gotten obscured, and while I reiterated it in the comments earlier this evening, I subsequently saw another item (again via Instapundit) that seemed, in perhaps a somewhat roundabout way — to confirm it. Here’s what I said:
The terrorists
Everything we know is wrong?
Nov 29, 2008 Packing heat, Stragety
JOHN THOMPSON: The Mumbai attacks represent a scenario that few Western police and security forces have dared envision. Fewer still have prepared for it.
The basic strategy: use a large number of attackers to overwhelm a target city
Armed to the teeth
Nov 28, 2008 Packing heat
Amtrak terminal, Penn Station, NY
Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman
Did you have any idea the Amtrak Police could muster this kind of firepower?
Did you know there are Amtrak Police?
OK, so he’s a weensy bit impressed with himself
Nov 28, 2008 Blogophilia, Jocularity, Narcissus Rex, Politics and Poker
K. Ryan James (who is in fact a bit of a big deal):
Reuters: Still no such thing as terrorists
Nov 27, 2008 Medialites, Sisyphus
I wondered if perhaps the Mumbai attacks were enough for Reuters “news service” to admit the existence of terrorism?
Here’s the article.
