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12 years later – the post 9-11 world
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Aziz Poonawalla
Today, again is the 12th anniversary of 9-11. I honestly think I’ve already said everything I’ll ever want to say about it. We are living in a post-9-11, post-global-terrorism, post-boots-on-the-ground, even a post Osama bin Laden world. Terrorism nowadays is the cultivation of grievances and the most significant threats are domestic ones, not foreign jihadis.…
Full transcript of President Obama’s speech on national security: drones, the war on terror, and Guantanamo
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Aziz Poonawalla
(as prepared for delivery; while Obama gave the speech, he was repeatedly interrupted by a heckler, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink) It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future…
musing about morality and faith
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Aziz Poonawalla
A dear friend wrote something quite moving on Facebook, to which I’d like to respond publicly (keeping their privacy, of course). They wrote, Over the past week, I have heard many people blame the shooting in Connecticut on (among other things) “taking God out of the classroom.” This idea was easy for me to dismiss…
11 after 9-11: a look backwards
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Aziz Poonawalla
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” and probably never will be. But looking back at what I’ve written about it over…
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