The Null Device
Why no next 9/11?
Slate has a series of articles examining
various theories on why there hasn't (yet) been another 9/11-style attack on the US
. The theories are:
The terrorists-are-dumb theory
(i.e., they just got lucky)
The Near-Enemy Theory
(i.e., they're too busy in Pakistan/Afghanistan)
The Melting-Pot Theory
(i.e., American Muslims are too well integrated to sympathise with al-Qaeda)
the Burden-Of-Success Theory
(i.e., 9/11 has set expectations that are hard to meet)
The Flypaper Theory
(i.e., why kill Americans in the US when you can kill them in Iraq?)
The Bush-Kept-Us-Safe Theory
(i.e., invading Iraq and abducting and torturing random Muslims actually worked)
The Electoral-Cycles Theory
(i.e., they're timing their attacks to influence elections)
The Time-Space Theory
(i.e., al-Qaeda is just biding its time, just you wait...)
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