Post 9/11, US Cadets Learning To 'Know The Enemy'

On their way … West Point graduates toss their hats in the air after taking the oath of office from the military academy. Photo: AP/Sydney Morning Herald

From Breitbart/AFP:

Military cadets and Pentagon policy makers alike are drawing on the experiences of a unique West Point academy research center to seek a better understanding of the enemy post-9/11.

The Combating Terrorism Center, set up in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, aims to prepare cadets at the nation's premier military academy to confront the shifting geo-political realities of the 21st century.

Inspired by the precept of the ancient Chinese warlord, Sun Tzu, "to know your enemy," the center has become a leading hub of research into the Al-Qaeda network, which carried out the 2001 attacks, and radical Islam in general.

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My Comment: We need many more of these institutes and think tanks .... especially in the areas of cyber security, weapons development and future technologies, and in the gathering and filtering of intelligence.