Blog Entries by Michael Smerconish from 07/2005

Listen to Lehman

| Publication 07.12.2005
Suivre: L'actualité

Four years post 9/11, we remain vulnerable to a London style attack. In my opinion, there are a myriad of reasons: the growth of radical Islam; porous borders; an unwillingness to profile; the failure to capture Bin Laden; to name but a few. According to a member of the 9/11 Commission, you can add HDTV to that list. HDTV? That’s the word from former U.S. Naval Secretary, and 9/11 Commissioner, John Lehman, with whom I just spoke...

Why Do They Hate Us?

| Publication 07.27.2005
Suivre: L'actualité

It’s not McDonalds, Starbucks, lap dances and Brittany Spears – offensive though Muslims may find those hallmarks of American life. And it’s not about converting us to Islam. To the contrary, says Scheuer, what motivates radical Islam is American foreign policy.