Posted by
arandomguy on Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:43:24 PM
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks has confessed to a variety of crimes against the United States, as learned in statements released yesterday. Recent reports suggest that at least some of his claims are highly exaggerated - he could not possibly have done all this stuff - but this confession illustrates something important about our interrogation techniques.
I guarantee you that we did not get this information from KSM by chatting about the niceties of civilization over tea and crumpets. We waterboarded the SOB, and that's how we got what we needed. To those liberals who are continually opposed to waterboarding (which doesn't constitute torture, not in the slightest), look at this. We have learned things from a man who could break in no other way.
KSM confessed to 31 different things, ranging from the 9/11 attacks to plots to kill Jimmy Carter and other former US presidents. Some of the things he confessed to include: The 1993 WTC bombing that killed six and injured almost 1,000, the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, as well as financial support for organizations that plotted attacks against America.
KSM's involvement is debateable in many of these attacks. While it is not likely that he was in no way involved in these attacks, it is more likely that he had only minor roles in some, while being a key player in others. All criminals exaggerate, and terrorists are no different. Particularly this terrorist, who has been captured and removed from public eye for 4 years. This is likely the last time he will get any "public" statements, and he has to make a scene.
It also shows us what kind of enemy we are dealing with. The sheer magnitude of the attacks planned by KSM illustrate the threat jihadism is to America, and it shows that we ARE in constant danger of more attacks is we do not keep up the vigilance and keep trying to destroy our enemies where they are. It also shows that the enemy will stop at nothing to see us destroyed, and is doing his best every day to accomplish that end. It also shows that terrorists never cease to be a threat until they have been buried, because they can still use public forums to rally people to their cause. (Even in death they can be martyred, and thus dangerous even from the lowest circles of hell).
This is really a fantastic story.