The purpose of terror is not to cause death and satisfy their hatred. The purpose of terror against citizens is to inspire fear in the citizens so that they will pressure the government to capitulate to the terrorists demands. And there are demands in Al-Queda... and they are more than "get out of Saudi Arabia... and kill all the Jews!"
For all the flack President Bush took for saying "get on with your life... go shopping..." it had the necessary affect. It calmed the public. It reduced the number one aim of terrorists.
Right now, terrorists lack the power to destroy us. They do not lack the will. We have the power to destroy them. We lack the will.
September 11th made use of the weapons that they had.
But consider this.... 5 pounds of smallpox released in the NYC subway would kill more people than a nuclear device detonated in NYC.
BTW, there is an interesting article at World Net Daily about Iraq's ties to Al Queda.
I hope this answers your question.
I agree.
The purpose of terror is not to cause death and satisfy their hatred. The purpose of terror against citizens is to inspire fear in the citizens so that they will pressure the government to capitulate to the terrorists demands.
I agree.
Right now, terrorists lack the power to destroy us. They do not lack the will. We have the power to destroy them. We lack the will.
I agree, yet again!
Thank you carton. You are invaluable with your information!
"And there are demands in Al-Queda... and they are more than "get out of Saudi Arabia... and kill all the Jews!"
I have never been able to really see demands, so I just figured hatred and love of death were the motivators. I did figure that hatred of Israel plays a part and I do kind of think that if we found our oil elsewhere, there might be less problem. But what do you see as their demands?