none-the-less the color code isn't moving and the U.S. is basking in the glow of yellow.
Pavlov's dogs. tsk tsk.
You know how silly this all sounds but it really is fine piece of Pavlovian conditioning this colour business. At the moment you're in the phase of neutral stimulus...no salivation or yellow.
Here have a cookie :~).
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an advisory Friday to the aviation community, citing “recent reliable reports” indicating that al Qaeda is in the final stages of planning an aerial suicide attack against the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
According to a source who has read the notice, it cites similarities to a plot to fly an explosive-laden aircraft into a U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf and “demonstrates al Qaeda’s continuing fixation with using explosive-laden small aircraft.”
A senior counterterrorism official said that the intelligence referred to in the advisory was gathered from one of the six suspected al Qaeda members arrested Tuesday by Pakistani authorities. One of those, Whalid ba Attash, is believed to have masterminded al Qaeda’s October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, and to have played a role in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A DHS spokesman emphasized that there is no specific and credible threat of a planned terrorist attack using general aviation in the United States.
Spoon,
You have nothing to fear but fear itself! But if you want to hate also, be my guest!
Caligula was the worst emperor anyway.
The interesting thing that Bush did was he tied together Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, and the whole bit into one large conflict. James Woolsey testified before Congress that he believes that essentially we are engaged in World War IV. (With the conflicts of Cuba, Berlin, Korea, and Vietnam constituting the Cold War, or WWIII). It is ironic that Woolsey put forward this notion, as he is not really a neocon, but it sounds like it could have been uttered by Wolfowitz or Pearl.
That may well form the Bush reelection platform, "The job is only half done...". Which of course will have North Korea and Iran wondering what he means....
One thing is for certain, we are a long way from, "Walk softly and carry a big stick."
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I guess Americans fear him the most, so it must be working right?
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That is so true, because it is obvious that no one else really fears them.
War on terror has trampled on human rights, says Amnesty, The Guardian, 28 May 2003
The “war on terror” has left people around the world feeling more scared than at any time since the cold war ended, Amnesty International claimed today.
The organisation’s annual report also said that the fight against terrorism was being used by countries including the US and Britain as an excuse to trample on human rights.
People around the world were feeling more insecure than they had for decades despite the huge sums being spent to fight terrorism following the September 11 attacks on the US, Amnesty said.
The campaigning group’s secretary-general, Irene Khan, said: “What would have been unacceptable on September 10 2001, is now becoming almost the norm.”
She added: “In the name of security, politics and profit, human rights were trampled the world over by governments, armed groups and corporate activity.”
Ms Khan said that what would have been an outrage in western countries during the cold war - torture, detention without trial, truncated justice - was now readily accepted in some countries today for some people.
Amnesty said the detention by the US of 600 foreign nationals at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was a “human rights scandal” and called for them to be released or charged.
Britain was criticised by the human rights group for the Anti Terrorism, Crime and Security Act brought in by the home secretary, David Blunkett. Amnesty said the act had allowed 11 foreign nationals to be interned without charge in “inhuman or degrading conditions” in high security prisons.