Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- Feral cities would exert an almost magnetic influence on terrorist organizations. Such megalopolises will provide exceptionally safe havens for armed resistance groups, especially those having cultural affinity with at least one sizable segment of the city's population. Yet

Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:32 AM 1/16/05 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people off? Religion-based

Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people

Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people

Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- Feral cities would exert an almost magnetic influence on terrorist organizations. Such megalopolises will provide exceptionally safe havens for armed resistance groups, especially those having cultural affinity with at least one sizable segment of the city's population. Yet

Feral Cities

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2003/Autumn/art6-a03.htm Norton FERAL CITIES Richard J. Norton Imagine a great metropolis covering hundreds of square miles. Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings