Sadly, I agree with you. While I’ve only been back for a few hours to hear the so-called analysts, I think most of them are really trying to down play the ramifications of UBL’s message.
No need to panic the populace......they need to go to Wal-Mart and support the economy........../sarc.
After reading OBL’s rambling missive, three things jump out at me.
1. Attack on the ‘capitolists’. This has its parallels in the attacks on the twin towers. It would infer from the vitriol against it that OBL still wants to target the US financial center(s), probably New York, as he sees them as the ones motivating the war against him.
2. Disposing of our Democratic system. The target that he couldn’t reach on 9/11 - the White House and the Capitol - both symbols of our democracy.
3. The on the side reference to the anniversary of the use of the atomic bomb against Japan. Its context is the ‘genocide’ of non-islamics (the West) against peoples of the world/ N. America. With the concerns of his getting his hands on a nuke(s), it presence is potentially significant. Others have noticed this too, an I’m going to go back and try to wade through it in a little more detail.
A major attack would significantly impact our economy again as it is in its most fragile condition since 9/11 due to the subprime crisis. Thus conditions are ripe to attempt to duplicate the effects that 9/11 created. If nuclear, the ramifications could be severe.