Posted on 09/12/2001 8:31:14 PM PDT by sleeper-has-awakened
I have a question for those with deeper knowledge of terrorists/terrorist activity, and specifically, knowledge of the Bin Laden supporters.
Despite the fact that horrendous damage was done yesterday, the capacity for something much worse to have happened is quite real. Whoever perpetrated the attacks yesterday had to know that the United States would not allow this attack to go completely unpunished, with no retribution at all. That being said, as we, the US are capable of pretty much annihalating their whole country in very short manner, and these attackers know this, it would seem to me that they would see their window of opportunity for doing the REALLY horrific damage they would like to do as limited to possibly one chance. Why then, would they NOT have done something much, much worse (i.e., nuclear, chemical, etc.)? The attacks yesterday, while again, horrific, seem to me as meant to be "warnings" of what may be to come. Why bother with warnings? Why not do what you really want to do the first time? They could have loaded their bags with nuclear or chemical bombs that would have exploded on impact, etc. When there is a real possibility of us wiping them out now, thus thwarting their ability to strike again, it isn't logical to me that they would waste time with warnings. Why would they bait us into a major attack on their own countries, when we are clearly stronger? This tells me there is a game being played here that is much bigger than this one incident. It is a game I definitely do not understand.
They're dicked.
I will tell you, that as co-ordinated and as well thought out as this attack appears to be,.. I don't believe that this is the end. If you launch an attack like this you always have a back-up. Common sense should tell you that.
It would explain alot of the reaction from our government. There is the problem with the economy and our dependence on middle eastern oil too. The economy has been tanking,.. and GWB/DC of all people would be loath to take any action that might affect it.
This was probably strike #1 of the 1-2 punch.
Wait for the other shoe to drop.
Ever wonder who's accounting for all those missing USSR warheads ? ? ?
I have an even better question,... Why aren't the terrorists afraid of GWB? What weakness do they percieve that they didn't percieve during the 8 years of the Clinton debacle? Asking the tough questions won't always get the "ideologically pure" answers that we may want. If we fail to ask them, we may miss the truth.
Maybe if John McCain was our CIC things might be different? Just speculation.......
Re: nukes? Has everyone forgotten about those hundred or so missing Russian backpack nukes?Another lurking horror:
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