Speaking As A New Yorker, I Found

The People Who Perpetrated The Terror Of The World Trade Center And Pentagon Bombings Are Something Different Because These People Were Obviously Not Desperate And Poor Refugee Dwellers. They Were Middle Class, Educated Enough To Speak English, To Be Able To Go To Flight School, To Come To America, To Live In Florida.

Note That There Was No Claim For These Attacks [on 9/11]. There Were No Demands. There Were No Statements. It Was A Silent Piece Of Terror.

It [9/11] Transcended The Political And Moved Into The Metaphysical. There Was A Kind Of Cosmic, Demonic Quality Of Mind At Work Here, Which Refused To Have Any Interest In Dialogue And Political Organization And Persuasion. This Was Bloody-minded Destruction For No Other Reason Than To Do It.

Theory Is Taught So As To Make The Student Believe That He Or She Can Become A Marxist, A Feminist, An Afrocentrist, Or A Deconstructionist With About The Same Effort And Commitment Required In Choosing Items From A Menu.

There Isn't A Clear Goal In Sight. Osama Bin Laden's Organization Has Spun Out From Him And Is Now Probably Independent Of Him. There Will Be Others Who Will Appear And Reappear. This Is Why We Need A Much More Precise, A Much More Defined, A Much More Patiently Constructed Campaign, As Well As One That Surveys Not Just The Terrorists' Presence But The Root Causes Of Terrorism, Which Are Ascertainable.