"9-11 was practically the only counter-narrative out there at a time when questions tended to be drowned out by a chorus, led by the entire United States Congress, of 'God Bless America.'
It was one of the few places where the other side of the case could be found."
That's a fairly remarkable statement - considering absolutely no-one has ever stepped forward to claim responsibility for the act and give their reasons.
Where is he hearing this "counter-narrative"...?
Oh, yes...
"Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat."
Zbignew Brezynski,
The Grand Chessboard, 1997
(p. 211)
"The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's engagement in World War II largely because of the shock effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."
Ibid.
(pp 24-5)
"For America, the chief geopolitical prize is Eurasia... Now a non-Eurasian power is preeminent in Eurasia - and America's global primacy is directly dependent on how long and how effectively its preponderance on the Eurasian continent is sustained."
Ibid.
(p.30)
"A transformation strategy that solely pursued capabilities for projecting force from the United States, for example, and sacrificed forward basing and presence, would be at odds with larger American policy goals and would trouble American allies.
Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event –
Like a New Pearl Harbor."
Project for a New American Century
Rebuilding America's Defenses:
Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century
p 51
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