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Retaliation: Reality Vs. Pundit Fantasy

Displaying a remarkable faith in the power of violence, many media pundits blamed the destruction of the World Trade Center on the failure of the US government to behave aggressively enough after previous acts of terrorism. “We have been merciful in the past with the terrorist thugs who have attacked this country,” the Philadelphia Daily News editorialized (9/12/01). “We have condemned them and imposed economic sanctions, but we have not hunted them down with murder in our eyes.”
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