To: FaultLine who wrote (1331 ) 9/25/2001 2:15:37 AM From: Dayuhan Read Replies (2) | Respond to We should not forget, when planning a response, that OBL has very specific strategic objectives. He attacked us for the precise purpose of eliciting a response. This is a standard terrorist tactic. He wants us to respond in a way that will force our Muslim allies to take positions that will render them more vulnerable to fundamentalist subversion. The specific targets, obviously, are Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, both of which have strong fundamentalist movements. We cannot afford to have these countries fall into the hands of fundamentalists: the Saudis have the oil, and the Pakistanis have the bomb. If OBL can incite us to take steps that lead to elevated confrontation in either or both of those countries, he can well afford to see the rubble of Afghanistan reduced to still more rubble.
