Book Review/Critique, Opinion on the book The 911 Commission Report

Review of 9/11 Commission Report
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Review of 9/11 commission report
A commission established on 27th November 2002 had the mandate of investigating and reporting on September 11 attacks. The commission reviewed volumes of sensitive documents and interviewed over 1200 individuals from ten countries. On completion of its task, a number of findings were presented before the house and to the public. The commission found out that FBI, CIA and the airport security were not up to their tasks. The commission linked the attacks to 15 Saudi Arabia nationals, an Egyptian, two United Arab Emirates nationals and a Lebanese. All the attackers were linked to Al-Qaeda terrorist organization. A further revelation of communication between the attackers and Iraqi /Iran governments` officials failed to give credible evidence of their involvement in the attacks (Chapter 7). The report heaped blames of attack on failure to tip military on time about these unfolding events.
On its recommendations, the team clarified that terrorism and insurgents cannot be defeated by numbers. Instead, US victory to terrorism and insurgents lies on combination elements of the national power. The elements here refer to intelligence, diplomacy, economic policies, public diplomacy, well built home defense, strict observation of law enforcement among others. Promotion of realistic strong ideology, proper security environments and value systems are more instrumental in fighting ins...