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To: quehubo who wrote (93282)	1/2/2005 1:07:39 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793742

With open USA borders, no shortage of suicidal homicidal terrorists and a world flooded with weapons you have to ask yourself why we have not had any attacks in the USA? I dont believe it is because we have been good and lucky. I think the reasons we have not had a serious attack in the US since 9/11 relates to the reasons you have cited but also to the fact that an attack brings with it increased pressure on the terrorists, pressure which is serious and damaging to their efforts. As a result of 9/11, Saudi money has been curtailed, some very important high-ups such as KSM have been captured, networks have been rolled up, Afghanistan as a base has been lost, OBL is in hiding, Iraq has been invaded, and there have been increased security measures taken in the US. Thus, I suspect that the calculation has been made that small-scale attacks are not worth the trouble they cause, but major catastrophic ones are definitely worthwhile. The factors you cite, while true, do not necessarily compel a series of small attacks because they are not worth suffering through our response. Ironically, they increase the incentives for large scale attacks, which is what I expect will be attempted at some point. I think this was the lesson of the 1993 WTC bombing--a small attack followed by a response that did a lot of harm to domestic terror networks. After 1993, we suffered through a number of international incidents. None domestically, however, until 9/11.

To: quehubo who wrote (93282)	1/2/2005 2:30:09 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793742

quehubo....couple of questions....I noticed you said: "yet"... Do you think that could still be a possibility from these folks..? Also, do you really think the Islamofascist ideology will eventually just go away....? Even with the numbers of the people who are currently are of that belief system. If I see the numbers correctly, there are about 2.3 Billion Muslims in the world today. If there are only 1% or even only 1/2 of 1% of them that are Islamofascists, that still a LOT of individuals who do not like, and want to destroy, Americans, Christians and Jews (their words....) On the green laser lights....It is interesting this morning to see a report saying the man the FBI was questioning was "just playing" with the laser...no harm intended...he says. Is the 'toy laser' he had the one that went 8500 feet into the air? The one that costs $7,000-10,000? Only here on PfP's have I seen that cost number, but would the FBI like us to believe that this is just a goof with a laser so that other actual potential problems don't get started? I also thought it interesting that the 6 or so green laser light events seem to be around smaller airports....will we ever know if these events are coordinated? Or are they just a bunch of stupid people with nothing else to do except try to fool around with little green laser lights around airplanes? >>> This is also a reason I think they have not stopped oil flow from the Mideast yet.<<< >>> With Iraq on a proper progressive democratic course the Islamofascist ideology will be in terminal decline, we know it and they know it.<<<