In a word, symbolism and attention. Remember terrorism is more about notice than about hitting military targets in this case. Bin Laden was going for the big hit so that they could get more recruits and power. Multiple small Walmart hits do not play as well as one or two large structure hits do in the Islamic world, even though the smaller hits would probably do more damage.
larry At 04:26 PM 9/9/2003, you wrote: > > But lest be real about Canada and Mexico. The US would have > > to be acting > > pretty egregious for a long while before something like that > > would happen. > > Moreover long before a military invasion would occur there > > are better ways > > of bringing the US to its needs. Both Canada and Mexico shut > > down their oil > > and gas pipelines, and stop all other energy transmissions. > > It would take > > less than a week for the US to come begging. > > > >So, is it against the law now to discuss how to bring down America? ;) >Just making sure before I post and some Secret Service agent shows up at >my doorstep. ;) Along with what Larry said, I'd also say that if the >attackers were willing to engage in terrorist activities, but of a >different sort than what we have seen far, it would greatly damange us >and be much easier to pull off then 9/11. I believe I've mentioned this >before, so forgive me for repeating, but I've often wondered why Osama >didn't follow up the 9/11 attack, which was on a major US city, which >numerous attacks in _tiny_ cities. While 9/11 was scary, it was, for >most folks I think, something that occured "in the big city", not in >their back yard, yet it would be amazingly trivial to pull off minor >attacks across the country. And the best part is that it wouldn't even >matter if you killed anyone. If you were to walk into the Walmart in >Crowley, Louisiana and blow yourself up, taking out maybe 2-3 people >besides you, and this was done in various other small cities across >America, it would seem like it would have a _very_ dramatic effect, >maybe even more so than 9/11, since no one would feel safe anywhere. > >And just to be anal, of course I don't want this to happen, but I do >wonder why terrorists only seem to target big cities. > >On a related note, do most people live in smaller, medium, or large >cities? I mean as a whole of course. > >-ray > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
