Here are some links to good stories on the WTC crash:
- The US playing into bin Laden’s plans to galvanize the islamic world against the US dominated west. At The Register.
- Was the attack on Afghanistan planned before the WTC crash? from the BBC.
- Why the US can’t win a ground war in Afghanistan from Salon. Number reason, they are tough as nails. Especially in their own backyard. Guys used to living in a forbidding, arid mountain region. Send in a few american kids who just didn’t know what to do with themselves after high school and voila you have Vietnam part 2. These Mujahadeen are CIA trained and quite possibly pretty well funded by other governments like Iraq and Syria. It’s the best military training american money can buy. Bush has already stated that Americans should be patient about military action as it may take months or years. Sure sounds like Vietnam to me.
Ok, enough WTC stuff for today. The new Counter-Strike release, version 1.3, is out! Woohoo! Recent changes include voice communication and now enemies can here your radio commands in game! Also, bunnyhopping has been fixed. Be prepared to wait to download the new version. All the servers are certainly getting hammered. Fileplanet had a two hour wait.