Friday, May 25, 2012

Jacob G. Hornberger: 1993: A Fateful Year in the War on Terrorism

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-05-16.asp

Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush and other U.S. officials immediately proclaimed that the terrorists were motivated by their hatred for America’s “freedom and values.”

Let’s examine that position in light of two important events that took place in 1993, some eight years before the 9/11 attacks.

At his sentencing hearing in U.S. district court, Yousef angrily said to the federal judge: “Yes, I am a terrorist, and proud of it as long as it is against the U.S. government and against Israel, because you are more than terrorists; you are the one who invented terrorism and using it every day. You are butchers, liars, and hypocrites.”

Do you see anything in those statements about America’s “freedom and values”?

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