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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (460271)3/2/2009 12:50:31 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578144
 
>That's why later they attacked America's allies instead of America itself. Terrorists always go after soft targets.

No, it's because it was much easier for them to do so. Remember, there were so few of them in the States before 9/11 that they couldn't even round up the 30 guys they wanted on the planes and only got 19. It took them 5 years to put together the 9/11 attacks. There simply are many more of Al-Qaida in Europe.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (460271)3/2/2009 3:30:23 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578144
 
I think they were very deterred by America's strong reaction to 9/11. That's why later they attacked America's allies instead of America itself. Terrorists always go after soft targets.

Ok, but that's a result of heightened security in the states...that is the fortress was harder to penetrate...rather than fear of retaliation for which I thought you were making the case.

Al


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