> The suicide bombers will come here entirely on their own > for the most part, > or perhaps with the help of Al-queda type groups. There will > be no country to > retaliate against. That alone could easily send us into a
But that wouldn't be a good escape for a govt: mind your pawns (er, citizens) or we'll whack you. The US (and a lot of countries I'm sure) would see this as a good opportunity to target countries where bombers come from, whether or not they are govt approved or govt created. If they are, the reaction would be military. If they are not, the reaction would be more covert, with a part of political pressure for laws which follow what the US do at home, and more, due to the absence of the constitution and US negative public opinion. > Or do you mean that the CIA will seek to undermine the > governments of > countries that boycott the US? It might not even be a gov't Undermine, and more. The CIA has a lot of practice with that, changing govts for one more palatable to the US foreign policy. Even without getting there, appropriate pressure on an existing govt can go a long way to make a country's policy more "helpful". And, if done well, without the backlash provoked by military intervention. -- Vincent Penquerc'h
