Gunny
Gold Member
jillian said:You speak as if AQ were some hierarchial organization with a clear leadership chart. It isn't...though at one time, was probably closer. Instead, it's an amorphous concept now...a brand name, really. It conjures certain images in the mind of those inclined to those beliefs and incites certain action. And for every AQ, there's another group that has it's own terrorist agenda and has no affiliation with AQ whatsoever.
You also ask about the re-emergence of anti-American terrorism as if such terrorism has ceased to exist. I'm not quite sure why people forget there were about 7 years between the two WTC attacks. These people are patient, they plan and they don't fear death. All they need to operate is money and cells.
But in answer to your question, intel, intel, intel...prosecution, prosection, prosecution... AND DRY UP THEIR MONEY! The U.S. can't bomb countries because there are terrorist cells within that country. Otherwise, there are places here in which terrorist cells operate and bide their time. Can't very well bomb Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, NY can we?
Why not? Nothing there but an overwhelming number of liberal yankees.