{"id":590750,"date":"2023-09-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-next-9-11-may-not-be-what-you-think\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:00:00","slug":"the-next-9-11-may-not-be-what-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-next-9-11-may-not-be-what-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"#The next 9\/11 may not be what you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Biden-Trump-2023.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Twenty-two years ago\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/September-11-attacks\">today<\/a>, not only the United States but much of the world was stunned and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>alled by the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/September-11-attacks\">al Qaeda attacks<\/a>\u00a0that brought down New York\u2019s Twin Towers, destroyed part of the Pentagon and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/September-11-attacks\">killed more<\/a>\u00a0Americans than were lost at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941; another day of infamy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale terrorist attacks had been anticipated and routinely war-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>d across many\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fifth-Horseman-New-MAD-Existential\/dp\/1637581394\">scenarios<\/a>. Novels described nuclear and biological holocausts on an industrial scale.\u00a0 Indeed,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109444\/\">one movie<\/a>\u00a0depicted a terrorist nuclear attack that wiped out Baltimore.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On Sept. 11, 2001, Americans witnessed the spectacle of two aircraft\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2021\/09\/us\/9-11-photos-cnnphotos\/\">smashing<\/a>\u00a0into these buildings. The sequence of the towers\u2019 collapse was viewed in real-time by hundreds of millions, bringing the catastrophe into homes and offices, and weeks of coverage kept the horrible events in public view.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the profound consequences, the ill-fated\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/s\/ct\/rls\/wh\/6947.htm\">intervention into Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0and the catastrophic\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/bush-911-and-roots-iraq-war\">invasion of Iraq<\/a>\u00a0in 2003 changed the world for the worse, at least regarding the U.S. and its allies. One wonders if or what a domestic equivalent of 9\/11 might be, not in direct attacks but in the demolition of the American political system. Conceivably, the 2024 presidential elections could be that event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suppose Donald Trump wins the nomination. Trump faces four\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2023\/07\/politics\/trump-indictments-criminal-cases\/\">indictments<\/a>\u00a0and possible convictions. One case may be potentially the most destructive.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is convicted of any of the charges alleged by Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis, under Georgia law, he is not eligible for a\u00a0pardon\u00a0for five years. As this is a state case, the president only has pardon authority for federal crimes. And suppose Trump was sentenced to prison or is convicted in other trials?<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/media\/files\/constitution.pdf\">Constitution<\/a>\u00a0has no answer. Criminal convictions\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/trump-investigation-conviction.html\">do not disqualify<\/a>\u00a0a candidate from becoming president. Only Article II Section 4 of the Constitution says a president \u201cshall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Trump were unable to perform his duties from prison, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/the-constitution\/amendments\/amendment-xxv\">25th Amendment<\/a>\u00a0would be invoked.\u00a0Trump\u2019s vice president would temporarily assume the office. The spectacle would be devastating.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Averting this crisis is by no means viable. Perhaps the Georgia legislature could pass a law granting Trump immunity. If Congress were to act, assuming the Republicans retained the House of Representatives and Democrats the Senate, deadlock would seem obvious. And would the Supreme Court become the final arbiter?\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-61084161\">No one knows.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If reelected, President Biden will be 82. He is already America\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-biden\/\">oldest<\/a>\u00a0president. Suppose Biden is incapacitated or worse? Eight of 46 presidents\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.co.uk\/articles\/us-presidents-who-died-in-office\">died\u00a0<\/a>or were assassinated in office. Woodrow Wilson\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/woodrow-wilson-suffers-a-stroke\">suffered<\/a>\u00a0from a stroke and was not functional during his last year as president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is Vice President Kamala Harris, who has the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/06\/26\/kamala-harris-poll-2024-election-biden\">lowest ratings in history<\/a>\u00a0in an NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> poll, fit for office? Harry Truman was an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.gov\/education\/trivia\/biographical-sketch-harry-truman\">invisible vice president<\/a>\u00a0when Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945. Despite being unknown and largely dismissed, Truman had the character and grit to become a successful president. Lyndon Johnson was well known. After John Kennedy was assassinated, LBJ could have been a great president had it not been for the Vietnam War. What about Kamala?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While entirely hypothetical, this question of fitness cannot be dismissed. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama were never challenged about their age or on the suitability of their vice presidents to assume office.<\/p>\n<p>And what might America\u2019s adversaries do? Each would have ample opportunity to intervene to weaken and damage America.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/perspectives\/PEA1043-1.html\">Artificial intelligence deep fakes, disinformation and misinformation<\/a>\u00a0would exploit, provoke, intensify and create overreactions injecting as much chaos as possible into American politics. A Biden-Trump rematch offers a treasure trove for massive disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, as well as domestic groups and individuals, are highly capable of deploying these weapons to help convict Trump in Georgia, exaggerate Biden\u2019s health issues and mental competence and discredit Harris.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/cyber\/russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-elections\">Russia intervened<\/a>\u00a0in prior U.S. elections, and those of other countries. Russia also may have been partly responsible for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/blogs\/brexit-bits-bobs-and-blogs\/did-russia-influence-brexit\">B<\/a>rexit\u00a0through its disinformation activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>What can be done? Regarding Trump, he is still at legal risk in three other\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2023\/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list\/\">pending cases<\/a>, one a civil suit in New York over hush money payments to a porn actress. Unless Biden steps down, allowing another candidate to run, or Kamala Harris is replaced, this potential crisis still looms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 election may not be fully or even partially comparable to 9\/11. But unlike that day, the Trump-Biden scenarios had never been imaginable before, either in reality or fiction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump may be acquitted and has the presumption of innocence. Biden could be a vibrant 86-year-old when he leaves office. But suppose not?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>Harlan\u00a0Ullman, Ph.D. is a senior advisor at Washington, D.C.\u2019s Atlantic Council and the prime author of the \u201cshock and awe\u201d military doctrine. His 12th book, \u201cThe Fifth Horseman and the New MAD:\u00a0 How Massive Attacks of Disruption Became the Looming Existential Danger to a Divided Nation and the World at Large,\u201d is available on Amazon. He can be reached on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> @harlankullman.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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