Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Toward a More Perfect Union: Lessons Not Learned since 9/11 Callously deleting from memory failed states like hungry Afghanistan and its demonic Taliban, the world's sole superpower rhapsodized a new millennium with renewed declarations to lead but instead became a target of tangled mediaeval malevolence unleashed by an evil genius like Osama bin Laden. Impacted first was President Bush and the insular mainstream media - cloyingly U.S-centric and farcically unsophisticated on world affairs. George W, who only a few months before drew a blank when asked to name Pakistan's President, overnight - along with fellow ignoramus - got a crash course on the geography, history and politics of a region swarming with Al- Qaeda terrorists. Unpronounceable names like ""Tora Bora"", ""Quetta"", ""Jalalabad"" and ""Peshawar"" exuded a new gravitas. Not to mention Pakistan's General Musharraf, who suddenly became Bush's new best friend and bagged a promised $1 billion in aid as a quid pro quo for providing intelligence and air bases to dethrone the Taliban and get Osama. Today, armed Americans, thousands from the army, CIA and the FBI stalk Pakistani landscape against the wishes of its people who consider America the scofflaw. When the U.S fought a proxy war with former Soviet Union in Afghanistan, Pakistan became its front-line state, promptly to be dropped once Communism collapsed. Many fear a repeat. More ominous is a nuclear strike as India and Pakistan squabble over Kashmir. Both are nuclear capable. America can play the honest broker but says it won't unless invited by India. Scariest still is Pakistan suffering yet another attack on 9/11 by Islamic militants threatening to strike. Instead of finger-wagging and preachy homilies for Musharraf to ""behave"" with India, ""contain terrorism"" and allow democracy to flower by holding elections next month, a schizoid Bush and his oxymoron aides should allow Pakistan a breather to deal with militant Islam its way. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp26.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-24