East Timor 1999
Gee whiz…looks to me like in the 1990′s we were seeing an attack almost every 18 months, or so! Then…
Let’s not forget the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro, during which Abu Nidal murdered Leon Klinghoffer – before taking refuge in Iraq.
Let’s not forget the 1983 Bombing of American troops, in their barracks, in Beirut.
Let’s not forget the taking of American hostages, in 1979, held for 444 days.
Let’s not forget bin Laden’s own words in 2001 rallying against the West and trying to convince the world that our efforts in Afghanistan were unjust because, “there is no evidence of the involvement of the people of Afghanistan in what happened in America.” (H/T Glenn Reynolds) Rather like those insisting the same about Iraq, today.
Tell us some more how terrorists are only responding to regime change in Iraq, and how if only we would obey the “insurgents” there and leave Iraq, all of this would end. Tell us all about it with your tired, phoney, apologetics. Tell us how terror that has existed for decades is all the fault of George W. Bush and his poodles Tony Blair and John Howard.*
Thank God for these men, who understand that giving in to terrorism today will not make us safer tomorrow.
Trey Jackson has video of John Howard spelling it out as well.
UPDATE: Readers have sent in some compilations of dates and numbers starting from 1972, here.
*[Edited for clarity- admin]
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Why Anchoress, you’ve barely scratched the surface.
American servicemen were killed in Germany, the Paris metro was bombed, marines blown up in Beirut on a peacekeeping mission, the ongoing terror inflicted on Israelis- of course, if you listed them all, you’d exceed your bandwith quota..
Why Anchoress, you’ve barely scratched the surface.
American servicemen were killed in Germany, the Paris metro was bombed, marines blown up in Beirut on a peacekeeping mission, the ongoing terror inflicted on Israelis- of course, if you listed them all, you’d exceed your bandwith quota..
Yes, well…there is only so much bandwidth available to my budget. Someone just wrote and asked me if the 1995 OK City bombing shouldn’t fit between the WTC 1993 and Khobar 1996. I say…who the heck knows.
Yes, well…there is only so much bandwidth available to my budget. Someone just wrote and asked me if the 1995 OK City bombing shouldn’t fit between the WTC 1993 and Khobar 1996. I say…who the heck knows.
Great post! Thanks for giving us a visual reminder of why we’re in this war. Unfortunately, the ones who need the reminder most are the ones completely blind to these events.
Great post! Thanks for giving us a visual reminder of why we’re in this war. Unfortunately, the ones who need the reminder most are the ones completely blind to these events.
Terror is terror- no matter where it originates. We executed McVeigh- and we need to apply the same standards to all terrorists.
Terror is terror- no matter where it originates. We executed McVeigh- and we need to apply the same standards to all terrorists.
Interesting post! I’ve been to Iraq… and you’re right… things have been bad there for awhile. I just wonder if we can actually change any of it.
Interesting post! I’ve been to Iraq… and you’re right… things have been bad there for awhile. I just wonder if we can actually change any of it.