Whoa.....I hadn't thought about that possibility before... </ sarc>
That would be a bad thing
I don't know..would they blame President Bush..or would the country rally behind him..like they did the impeached one when all that happened was that he cheated on his corrupt wife and lied about it in front of a federal judge??????
After a trillion news episodes on this topic in the past couple of years i can say i'd rather not think about it now or ever again. I could walk outside my house and fall down and have a heart attack doesn't mean i need to sit here and philosophically think it over. We've been taking it to THEM before they come at US - President Bush's Mission precisely why we haven't had a terror attack inside our borders in 3 years in spite of 100% chance predicitons from virtually every single journalist and analyst]
If its proven the Muslims di it...there will be no saving them this time.
And your reason for speculating is....?
WND POLL
How do we win the war on terror?
Put political correctness aside and use whatever resources, power and methods we have to find and kill terrorists 71.28% (4343)
Continue the course set by President Bush – but kick it up a notch 12.49% (761)
Allow every adult, non-felon, U.S. citizen to be armed at all times 9.50% (579)
Continue the course set by President Bush 2.69% (164)
Other 1.66% (101)
Form an alliance with Russia to fight our mutual enemy, whatever label it wears 1.07% (65)
Examine our own consciences to understand what we've done to provoke these people to hate us 1.03% (63)
Elect John Kerry 0.23% (14)
Turn the task over to the U.N. 0.03% (2)
Let bygones be bygones and begin negotiations 0.02% (1)
If I were a terrorist I would be partial to "1/23" because it's catchy and a little different than "9/11". Of course they could shake things up and go with "3/21". 3/21 would be good if it were going to be nuclear explosion (3...2...1.. boom...get it?)
So if I were you I would be very careful about going anywhere on 1/23 or 3/21.
In reality, I can't begin to imagine what these scumbag terrorist think they are going to get from us.
Do they think we will wake up one day and say... OK, we give in...you guys come over and run our country...No of course not...someone is going to push us too far and we are going to snap...we'll round up every Muslim and deport them (at least those few that might survived all the vigilantes that will be taking matters into their own hands) and we will form an elite group of 400,000 fighting men whose soul purpose is to go and find these scumbags and just kill them...wherever they are.
The Muslims would learn the horrifying reality of thermonuclear genocide.
I don't think a hippie trash A.N.S.W.E.R. monkey would have much of a prayer....
9/11 was the first BIG wake up call to this country. It will never be forgotten. The next "9/11"? We are more prepared for it and the perpetrators will face a tougher more resilient American Populace. The next 9/11 will met with such an overwhelming force as to make the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq look like a picnic.
When lab rats do not know when pushing the feed bar might reward them (random reward, like a slot machine), they won't know when and where to fear an attack. Uneasiness will be a part of the American psyche.
The response would have to be swift and severe. This will be a tough decision for our President. Suppose the actual terrorists involved in that plot were hiding out in a remote place in an otherwise decent and peaceful country (the Philippines, say). Are we going to bomb the heck out of our friends?? It's not a nice scenario.
Some of you would say, take it to the centers of Islam -- blame all of Islam for not reining in their extremists. However, you can't blame innocents for being duped into donating money for what they thought was charity when it really went to terrorists, or being afraid of standing up to the terrorists for fear of deadly reprisal. That would be like killing all inner city residents who were there but "didn't see" the latest gangbang.
Deciding what the response would be and carrying it out would be a political career-ending move, no matter what the choice, though it would ensure reverence and history book chapters forever. It would take a leader with a simple ego who wants to make America safe for his great-grandchildren to make that call.