[SandRat]

Comments on this story on the paper.

[SandRat]

Frightening of America or a valid warning and worry?

[KantianBurke]

"He used details, some of which have not been publicly substantiated, from Christopher Farrell of Judicial Watch, a nonprofit conservative foundation with a mission of fighting government corruption, to link the three terrorists to Arizona."

Ugh. Shame that this article was imbued with that idiotic stench. Cheapens what should be a vital argument about school safety and preventing a Beslan on US soil.

[P-40]

I could think up all sorts of easily carried out attacks that would cause a lot of death and destruction...but I have no interest in doing so. Hopefully, law enforcement will remain on track to catch people who are interested in carrying out such attacks and to prevent new ones from arriving from outside the country, in the case of foreign linked terrorism, because such attacks are nearly impossible to prevent once the terrorist is here. It would have been cool to have started on this after the 1993 WTC bombing....

[sgtbono2002]

I dont think an attack on an American elementary school would demoralise America, If anything it would convince even the liberasl that its time to break this BS up by hitting the Middle east with attacks they can only dream of in their worst nightmares. Attacks on Islamics in this country would find a lot of dead muslims at 7-11's and motels and anywhere else they tend to launder their money at. It would probably be the single most stupid place in this country to attack.

[Centurion2000]

"What we learned from the Beslan experience is that in this age of terrorism, there's no place that's invulnerable to the realities of modern terrorism," he said. "It's got a very long reach and looks to demoralize America as much as possible."

If the terrorists want to enfuriate an entire nation behind this war and open the gates to hell (nuclear engagement) start killing our children. Much as I like some Russians, we aren't them and we practically spoil our children with the attention that they get.
Kill them and gloves are going to come off so fast the muslim world would be terrified to see. NO ONE has seen what the USA can do fighting without restraint for the last 60 years.

[kerryusama04]

I fear the low level suicide bomber attack is their next move. Think of the chaos that would ensue if 20 malls across the US were suicide bombed or shot up at the same time. It brings to mind the Sheepdog email we see from time to time. I wish teachers could use the CCW's at school. I know I use mine as often as possible. One guy with a .380 could have held those evil kids at Columbine off long enough for the SWAT to arrive. That might not be the case with the jihadis, but it beats dying while pleading for your life.

[Doctor Raoul]

Kill all the terrorists and you won't have to worry or pay for crap like this.

Actually you don't have to kill them all, just enough to convince the others that they will be killed if they try anything.

Yes there are stooges who will kill themselves willingly, but they need the infrastructure provided by the group and the group leaders do NOT want to die no matter how much they speak in glowing terms of martyrdom.

[softwarecreator]

If a school is attacked in America all bets are pretty much off.

The lefites will lose all but their most hardened supporters and all hell will break loose.  There will be demands from most of the American people to do something serious and forget this whole PC BS.  If the muzzies think they are profiled and treated badly now, just wait ... it'll be very ugly.

[kingu]

In his new book "Americans at Risk," Irwin Redlener blasts what he calls a slow emergency response by the government to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and last year's Hurricane Katrina.

Umm, slow response to 9/11? I suppose the hundreds of dead firefighters and policemen who died in and around the buildings just didn't count. And to Katrina? A disaster area the size of the English Isles? I wouldn't call that a slow response either.

But then again, one normally expects a writer to pick out Bush bashing material. As for the scenario, Los Angeles would be a far more likely target, especially with our radical mosques to draw local talent from. But what of it? To counter something like this, you'd have to basically train full on military assault teams (National Guard) in every state, call them on a moment's notice, and have the guts to throw them into the fire almost instantly.

We don't have the collective cajones to do such a thing, especially not in front of live television news coverage.

This is something to re-visit after it happens here, for which, I pray it never does.

[Balding_Eagle]

I think American would be enraged beyond what we can comprehend.

Amoung other things, I'd hate to be a RAT following an attack on our schools.

[MaDeuce]

I don't think attacks on schools would be the scenario. The terrorists would stick with what has worked for them in the past ... road side bombs.

This tactic would help to preserve their numbers here in the US and provide maximum terror.

The scene would be road side bomb attacks on School buses full of little kids ... multiple attacks at the same time in and around a large metropolitan center. Emergency forces would be all over the place ... mass chaos, mass panic and they would plan it for the beginning of the school year ... around 9/11.

Ponder that one.

[umgud]

All they have to do is to ban firearms and this threat will go away.

[swmobuffalo]

Not to pick but is this author not aware that Springfield MO has experienced several severe tornados in recent years and the locals didn't wait on the government to respond. We took care of our own.

[wildwood]

school security officers don't carry guns? bwahaha! WHAT school security officers????

[goodnesswins]

Well...duh....is all I can say.....where in America is it guaranteed there are NO guns? (Generally speaking)

[Ciexyz]

Scary scenario.

[manic4organic]

Concealed handgun license holders are not allowed armed into schools.

[backhoe]

The Beslan Horror- When Hell Came Calling
various FR links | 09-07-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1209052/posts

[amihow]

Close the borders. Deport all non citizens.

[Perseverando]

BTTT in light of Newtown, CT massacre