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To: carranza2 who wrote (11874)	2/14/2006 10:35:13 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (4) of 540752

We can certainly make assumptions and posit ideas about the impact of the terrorist threat compared to other armed conflicts the US has been in. Can the terrorists invade, seize and hold US territory against our armed forces? No. Can the terrorists destroy our government completely? No. Can the terrorists replace our government and eliminate the USA as it currently stands? No. Can the terrorists inflict damage on US interests at home and abroad? Yes, potentially serious but not fatal damage to the US as a nation. The worst case would be a tragic loss of life in one or more US cities. As far as how the whole country works, they can barely make a dent in terms of actual damage. When you put the threat in that light, you are combatting ideologically motivated groups who want to cause us harm, not fighting a war where either side can be occupied, overcome or effectively destroyed. Not the US and not "world terrorism" as it currently operates. A very serious threat indeed, but not mortal. Bin Laden will never invade Hawaii, which the Japanese would have had the Battle of Midway gone their way.

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