"Tim Bedding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Frank
>> Not really. The 9/11 attacks could have been prevented, >> but terrorists >> will always find ways to circumvent preventative measures. >This is confusing. The first bit seems to say the attacks >could have been prevented. The second bit seems to say >the attacks could not have been prevented. I think what was meant was that those particular attacks could have been prevented, but that attacks in general cannot be. In other words, if you happen to know enough about a particular threat, you can parry it, but there are always other threats you know little or nothing about. >> The best you can do is to thwart as many attacks as possible >> and minimize the damage from the rest. >Thwarting can involve using the intelligence services. >Do you think it should? Of course. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
