The Looming Tower: Discussion with Lawrence Wright and Ali Soufan at the Foreign Fighters Forum

The Looming Tower: Discussion with Lawrence Wright and Ali Soufan at the 'Forum on Returning Foreign Fighters: Policies and Actions to Address the Threat and Protect Vulnerable Communities' held in Doha, Qatar, from 30-31 October 2018.
Organized by The Soufan Center, Georgetown University in Qatar, Qatar University, and the Qatar
International Academy for Security Studies. More: foreignfighter...

[@elphiegleason3899]

He is right It’s not a political issue I remember exactly when and where I was when it happened The FBI and CIA should have shared the info with each other They could have saved so many fucking lives I respect Ali Sufan and don’t blame him for the way he is.

[@d6187]

Why does he keep referring to 9/10/11?

[@lisamorrison214]

He’s discussing the differences between before the attacks and after the 9/11 attack.

[@elphiegleason3899]

This is a great factual show I remember I was in college at that time. A school in Pa. I heard about it that morning I had a class and a student came into class telling us about it but the teacher wouldn’t listen…. Later I found out about Shanksville and I just lost it …. Thank you so so much for keeping the real facts straight.

[@animula6908]

There were thousands and thousands celebrating the attacks on 9/11, so the fact they weren’t on bin laden’s official list of adherents is inconsequential. I’m still so grateful every day we ousted saddam. Meet us in iraq after school was a way kinder way to handle things than meet us Marlboro-country Afghanistan after school and the fact the insurgents showed up is evidence of success rather than failure. Our strategy has always been and still remains to normalize relations with the Middle East by consistently pushing for an Israeli Saudi hegemony. You don’t have to believe lies just because they print them, so people who cry no wmd iraq!” like the anthem of the butthurt deceived irritate me. It was such a transparent lie and the truth was just as clear. I was young, but I could see it so I only accept that from those who were infants and toddlers at the time. Right wrong neutral, it is an actual strategy.