Origin of 911 (VI): Historical Nemesis?
Key Terms: Historic Nemesis, invisible hands, Gulf War, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Key Persons: St Joan of Arc
Key Places: Cuba, Philippines, Central America, Korea, Vietnam
I. Historic Nemesis: The Invisible Hands
The Folklore Wisdom – Historic Nemesis
Nemesis: no one planned it at all?!
Karma of USA:
Long-term: Killings in the Empire Building (Cuba, Philippines, Central
America)
Short-term: Killings in the Cold War (Korea, Vietnam)
Immediate: Killings in the Gulf War; Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
911 will happen anyway; will happen again anyway
Distance 911 from regimes/ political authorities; associate 911 with voluntary/
personal actions
Historical Similarities: Miracle of St Joan of Arc
II. Summary of the Micro Origins: 911 happened this way because
Al-Qaeda organized it:
Goals on Paper (Omar Doctrine)
Goals by Research (Grand Strategy)
Conspiracy Theory
America Organized it:
Conspiracy Theory
Invisible Hands, voluntary actions
III. Discussion, Q&A
IV. Introduction to Next Week: Distinctiveness of the 911 Terrorist Attack
Question: (1) Who is/are the real organizers of 911? Do you consider the plan
successful? What are its defects?
Supplementary Reading: Charles Hill: “A Herculean Task: The Myth and Reality of
Arab Terrorism.” Talbott, Strobe and Chanda, Nayan. Ed. The Age of Terror:
America and the World after September 11. Yale: The Perseus Press: 2001. P.81-111.
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