Pique newsmagazine | Whistler, CANADA : History did not begin with 9/11, says Fuller

Pique newsmagazine | Whistler, CANADA : History did not begin with 9/11, says Fuller: "'If there had never been a Prophet Muhammad, if there had never been such a thing as Islam, what would be the relationship between the West, and particularly the United States now, because the burden of being the West has shifted to the US, what would the relationship be between the West and the Middle East?' he asked.

'The short and simple, and some may say simplistic answer is, you know, in the end, things might not be all that different than they are today.'

In a 27-year career with the State Department and the CIA, Fuller worked throughout the Muslim world in countries including Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan, once serving as the CIA's station chief in Kabul. In his position at the National Intelligence Council he had responsibility for all national-level strategic forecasting."