But as it the only terrorist attack (from non-US citizens, that is), was on 9/11/01. Were there ANY others?
Sure. Besides the earlier truck-bombing of the WTC, there were Waco and Ruby Ridge. (Or do you only count terrorism if it's done by enemies of the state?)
Though I still think that plane that went down over Far Rockaway was obviously sabotaged.)
Nah - looks pretty clearly to have been a design problem.
Israel, of course, is a different story. But as Variola posted a few days ago,
those suicide bombers grow up under very different circumstances.
The Israelis, on the other hand, do their terrorist bombing without getting killed.
It's easier to do when you own tanks and missiles, of course,
and when you're just trying to terrify people as opposed to
trying to get sympathy for your cause by totally freaking everybody out.
Tim talked about people driving gasoline trucks into malls. A couple of years ago, somebody drove one into the California state capitol building and got killed; the early reports suggest that he was a parolee with a grudge against the governor.
Tim also commented on the traffic issues of commuting into DC from the burbs.
The Washington Metro takes care of that problem very well;
it can get crowded, but it sure beats the Beltway and it has its own parking downtown.
And it's high up on the list of soft targets, though the Pentagon Metro station
is probably at higher risk than the downtown stations (2600 kiddies take note :-)
