A reader calls my attention
A reader calls my attention to this LA Times report on today's suicide bombing in Netanya, and to this bit in particular:
"Israeli security forces received a warning shortly before 4 p.m. that a suicide bomber had left the West Bank town of Tulkarm, heading for Israel's heavily populated coastal plain on what is the first day of the workweek for Israelis. A massive manhunt was launched in several cities, including Netanya.
But it was too late."
My correspondent wants to know:
Even with that type of specific intelligence, the Israelis couldn't prevent the attack. How can anyone possibly argue that with the non-specific type of intelligence "chatter" the Bush administration recieved prior to Sept. 11, there is any way those attacks could have been prevented either?
A good, practical point. Once all the political hay has been made, we are still left with that question.
