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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (9082)	10/29/2001 11:00:27 PM
From: isopatch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

You are in denial. It will be just as easy to attack us. Warnings mean nothing. They are non-specific and only increase the fear and sense of helplessness. The reason it will continue to be like shooting fish in a barrel for the terrorists is simple. There is an enormous number of large fixed infrastructure targets in a vast wealthy country like America. And a huge variety of ways to disable or destroy them and the surrounding population. Even the conservative estimates of the FBI are there were 1,000 extreme Islamic militants inside the US as of shortly after 9/11 and that some are certainly moles in deep cover planted over the years. Reason it out. Even if just 1 in 5 is a suicide attacker that's dozens more major attacks all over this country. Nor will they think twice about continuing massive terror attacks against us. You don't seem to understand the mentality of the people we're fighting. They don't care if a million men invade the ME. They are fanatics. They are prepared to die. In fact, they welcome it, as they have been brainwashed into believing they're going to paradise. Isopatch

To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (9082)	10/29/2001 11:34:56 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27666

Also, I'll say this. IF another attack on the order of Sept. 11 succeeds, then you are going to hear Americans screaming for a full-scale invasion of the Middle East, not this pinprick bombing in Afghanistan, and coalitions bedamned. Even right now 75% of Americans support an immediate attack on Iraq. I agree. But here's the question -- wouldn't this reaction be counted as a good thing by the bin Laden crowd?