Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Al Qaeda Attack?
This is actually a couple of weeks old, but Strategic Forecasting's Rich Burton takes a look at US Defense Readiness. The part that juped out at me was the list of possible targets.
Emphasis is mine. That's a little unsettling. Along with millions of others, I watched the events of Sept. 11, unfold. But while horrified, I also knew that it was happening a long way from me. Now there is no doubt that these animals will try to hit us again at some point. Hopefully we've worked out our intelligence kinks enough to foil anything of the magnitude of 9/11, but all it takes is one guy with C4 strapped to his chest, to cause tragedy in the name of Allah.
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Much more vulnerable targets, in our view, are likely to be found in Washington, D.C. (a symbolic city, where the brain trust of "Crusader" actions against the Middle East is found); New York City (the nation's economic hub, and home to a large Jewish population); and Texas -- Bush's backyard -- though visible targets are more easily found in major cities such as Houston or Dallas than in the capital city of Austin.
Emphasis is mine. That's a little unsettling. Along with millions of others, I watched the events of Sept. 11, unfold. But while horrified, I also knew that it was happening a long way from me. Now there is no doubt that these animals will try to hit us again at some point. Hopefully we've worked out our intelligence kinks enough to foil anything of the magnitude of 9/11, but all it takes is one guy with C4 strapped to his chest, to cause tragedy in the name of Allah.
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