January 11, 2005 October is Koufax Pledge Drive month

Time Travelers Need Not apply

President Bush proved once again that he has high standards in selecting people to serve in the administration. In announcing his choice of Michael Chertoff as Homeland Security Secretary, Mr. Bush remarked:

He understood immediately that the strategy on the war on terror is to prevent attacks before they occur.

Time travelers, for instance, need not apply.

Posted by Dwight Meredith at January 11, 2005 05:43 PM | TrackBack
Comments

its not really "strategy", its just eggshell defense attempted with limited threat assessment.

Posted by: Eric at January 11, 2005 06:57 PM

Maybe if we sent a Terminator back in time we could kill Osama bin Laden's mom when she was working as a waitress in Riyadh. And if that doesn't work, we can kill Osama himself when he was a teenager back in Beirut. And if *that* doesn't work, we can kill all the people who went to school with him in Jeddah. Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

Posted by: NTodd at January 11, 2005 07:21 PM

Well, obviously. Preventing attacks after they occur would not be nearly as effective.

Posted by: ArC at January 12, 2005 05:31 AM

ArC,

Can't we just compromise and prevent them when they do occur?


Posted by: Aaron at January 12, 2005 01:17 PM

Actually, you can't prevent an attack before it occurs, because if you prevented it, then it *couldn't* occur. :)

Posted by: Abh at January 30, 2005 07:36 AM