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Article: The end of the war on terror: Al Qaeda will lose--in its own way, on its own time. Then what?(ARGUMENT NO. 2: A Case for What Comes Next)(Essay)
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- Esquire
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
- Author:
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THE UNBELIEVABLE LUCK that the terrorists enjoyed on the morning of September 11 would be enough to make anyone doubt the existence of a just God--unless, of course, that person was Osama bin Laden. * It wasn't just the terrorists' amazing operational success. It wasn't even the unforeseen collapse of the World Trade Center towers, an event biblical, or rather Koranic, in its horror and global visibility. No, from the perspective of Al Qaeda, the truest sign of divine providence must have been the American reaction to the attacks. Bin Laden was a liar. And we made it look as though he'd been telling the truth all along. * Seven years later, we've lost more than forty-five ...
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