My Gloom: Back to September 10

Daniel Pipes: My Gloom: Back to September 10:

The attacks of September 11, 2001, made me feel more secure, unlike most Americans. Finally, the country was focused on issues that had long worried me.

“The FBI is engaged in the largest operation in its history,” I wrote in late 2001. “Armed marshals will again be flying on US aircraft, and the immigration service has placed foreign students under increased scrutiny. I feel safer when Islamist organizations are exposed, illicit money channels closed down, and immigration regulations reviewed. The amassing of American forces near Iraq and Afghanistan cheers me. The newfound alarm is healthy, the sense of solidarity heartening, the resolve is encouraging.” ...

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Posted by Andrew Jaffee at December 20, 2005 01:51 PM