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I've often wondered why we haven't had suicide attacks in our malls, especially during the holiday season. Security is almost non-existent at these places--unless you're a thief.
Don't we all wish that were true! But we all know that it is not.
What if it is true? What if the US really isn't being targeted by terrorists?
Do you really think that if the US were really a target that something huge wouldn't have happened since 2001? I mean take the ports. I wouldn't know how many containers go through US ports in a day but I do know that not every single one of them is inspected. Now there's a golden opportunity for terrorists to sneak in a device and activate it. But - thankfully - it hasn't happened.
I need to think about this but it seems to me that if a terrorist group were serious they would have pulled something by now. I mean you only have to look at the IRA, they kept blowing things up in Northern Ireland in the mainland UK, for years. They had an objective and they used terror to try and achieve that objective and they worked assiduously at it.
The IRA was not into mass casualties, they were into getting the Brits out of their part of a partitioned country and getting some rights. While their cause might have been ok, their methods weren't, many innocents did get hurt. Difference was, as said, that wasn't their goal, which is why they usually called minutes before a device was set to go. Very similar to ETA in Spain, which is why the RR bombings really never appeared to be that group. Nasty buggers, but not mass terrorists.
The IRA was not into mass casualties, they were into getting the Brits out of their part of a partitioned country and getting some rights. While their cause might have been ok, their methods weren't, many innocents did get hurt. Difference was, as said, that wasn't their goal, which is why they usually called minutes before a device was set to go. Very similar to ETA in Spain, which is why the RR bombings really never appeared to be that group. Nasty buggers, but not mass terrorists.
When they blew up Lord Mountbatten in Sligo, they also killed a 14 year old boy, a 15 year old boy and an 83-year old woman. A radio station in New Zealand rang the front organisation for the IRA and asked why they blew up an old man, an old woman and couple of young boys. The response, "what country did you say you're calling from?"
Perhaps
I wasn't excusing the IRA, anymore so the ETA, but their overall strategies were very different than what is now coming out of ME/Muslim inspired actions.
Why is it that the terrorists arent stealing gasoline tankers and driving them into elementary schools?
Is it because they're too stupid to think of it, or because we're doing a great job of stopping them?
I've often wondered why we haven't had suicide attacks in our malls, especially during the holiday season. Security is almost non-existent at these places--unless you're a thief.
I think its because your president did exactly what they wanted him to do. He fell into their trap.
9/11 brought us a lot of sympathy and support from around the world. Bush squandered that, and did exactly what bin laden wanted him to do: invade and occupy an arab country, where we could be pinned down and our treasure bled dry like a stuck pig. Just what they did to the soviets. I don't think, at this point, al qaeda needs to mount any major attacks in the united states. For one thing, it could reignite world sympathy for us again. Bin laden (with bush's help) had marginalized us and alienated us from allies. And Bush has bet the whole farm and pinned us down in iraq, where our solidiers are easy targets, and where our occupation fans the flames of arab resentment and fuels al qaeda recruitment.
Things could change in the future, but right now Bin Laden has manuvered the hapless bush right to where he wants him.
What if the US really isn't being targeted by terrorists?
It's really foolish not to take them at their own word: Death to America. There have been numerous plots since 9/11, but the FBI and CIA are better able to work together now to uncover these plots before they occur. Because of 9/11, it's much harder for the terrorists to work in the U.S. than previously. Ordinary citizens are aware of terrorism now and what the terrorists can do, and they are reporting suspicious actions to authorities, where previously they were not. Because the FBI and CIA have been able to take these plots down, many people have become complacent and think the U.S. is no longer a target.
What if the US really isn't being targeted by terrorists?
It's really foolish not to take them at their own word: Death to America. There have been numerous plots since 9/11, but the FBI and CIA are better able to work together now to uncover these plots before they occur. Because of 9/11, it's much harder for the terrorists to work in the U.S. than previously. Ordinary citizens are aware of terrorism now and what the terrorists can do, and they are reporting suspicious actions to authorities, where previously they were not. Because the FBI and CIA have been able to take these plots down, many people have become complacent and think the U.S. is no longer a target.
While I appreciate your point I have to suggest that if terrorists are indeed right now targetting the US then by the law of averages they have to get lucky some time. But I don't think anyone is targetting the US. As I said, if someone wanted to they could do it easily and the FBI and CIA wouldn't be able to stop them.
It's a good trick though, your government convincing you that they're stopping terrorist attacks. It's only natural that people will give up rights and freedoms to feel safe.
So, think past the propaganda. Why would any terrorist group now attack America? What would be the point? I mean they don't want to take over your country so it's not like it would be a precursor to an invasion and occupation. Anyway no terrorist group nor any other country would be capable of doing so. We can toss that one to the side.
So why else would they do it? Terrorism might be a terrible thing but it does have a purpose. 9/11 eventually got the US mired in Iraq and in Afghanistan (I know other western nations are and were involved but I'm looking at the 9/11 events and US reaction). What strategic purpose would be served by another terrorist attack?
While I appreciate your point I have to suggest that if terrorists are indeed right now targetting the US then by the law of averages they have to get lucky some time. But I don't think anyone is targetting the US. As I said, if someone wanted to they could do it easily and the FBI and CIA wouldn't be able to stop them.
It's a good trick though, your government convincing you that they're stopping terrorist attacks. It's only natural that people will give up rights and freedoms to feel safe.
So, think past the propaganda. Why would any terrorist group now attack America? What would be the point? I mean they don't want to take over your country so it's not like it would be a precursor to an invasion and occupation. Anyway no terrorist group nor any other country would be capable of doing so. We can toss that one to the side.
So why else would they do it? Terrorism might be a terrible thing but it does have a purpose. 9/11 eventually got the US mired in Iraq and in Afghanistan (I know other western nations are and were involved but I'm looking at the 9/11 events and US reaction). What strategic purpose would be served by another terrorist attack?
no purpose what so ever ,now the cabal that has taken over the country they could benefit greatly from a well timed terror attack
Hillary: Another Terror Attack Good for GOP
Posted Aug 24th 2007 10:52AM by Scott
Filed under: President 2008, Hillary Clinton, War on Terror
Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, as the NY Post reports:
"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," Clinton told supporters in Concord.
"So I think I'm the best of the Democrats to deal with that," she added.
cui bonō....who benefits
