Joffe got the impression of "someone with a very shallow mind, who's not interested in issues other than the personalities of the top people, no interest in social forces, political trends, etc".

my thought is Saddam was paying terrorists, and at the time when those planes hit the towers there could have been 100,000 deaths, and they danced in the streets. America was lucky there were as few deaths as there were, but that doesn't change the fact they didn't care how many were killed. Everybody has good hindsight, and everyone wants to say I told you so. I still think twenty years from now will tell the tale, or sooner if Iran goes nuclear....Maybe that is why Iraq was where Bush started, as tech. they were still at war with Iraq. We have Hezbolla nests all over the world ready to strike, and more groups. Maybe we should all support USA troops. they are doing our dirty work for us!! And we sit and go tsk tsk.