Posted on 09/28/2006 10:09:18 AM PDT by Gothmog
What if the CIA leakers were tasked by bin Laden to analyze the US reponse to the 9/11 attacks. From bin Laden's top intel people, January 2001 Al Qaeda NIE:
"The 9/11 attacks will become the 'cause celebre' for Americans, breeding a deep resentment of radical muslim involvement in the Western world and cultivating supporters for the global democracy movement. Should Americans responding to the 9/11 attacks perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight. We assess that the underlying factors fueling the spread of the movement outweigh its vulnerabilities and are likely to do so for the duration of the timeframe of this Estimate.
"Four underlying factors are fueling the spread of the US democracy movement: (1) Entrenched grievances, such as corruption, injustice, and fear of radical muslim domination of the Mideast, leading to anger, humiliation, and a sense of powerlessness among moderate muslims; (2) the antagonistic Iraqi dictatorship;. (3) the slow pace of real and sustained economic, social, and political reforms in many Muslim majority nations; and (4) pervasive anti-US sentiment among most Muslims -- all of which jihadists exploit.
"Concomitant vulnerabilities in the US democracy movement have emerged that, if fully exposed and exploited, could begin to slow the spread of the movement. They include dependence on the continuation of willful ignorance by the US mainstream media, the emergence of cowardly and ignorant voices of US democratic lawmakers who suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrom, and complete ignorance of the violent tactics employed by muslims terrorists against muslims."
(Excerpt) Read more at freerepublic.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709850/posts
notes our counter-attack after the Pearl Harbor attack certainly 'radicalized' the Japanese population against us.
That spurred my thought to provide this new alternative version. Can you spot the changes?
Link to actual PDF of US DNI statement. http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/Declassified_NIE_Key_Judgments.pdf
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