[harpseal]

Clearly it is a possibility that at least some of the CA fires were intentional tarrorist acts. That said the government will not make the connection and willnot consider arresting those who are giving aid and comfort to Al Qaeda unless and until they can be directly tied to foreign operations or a specific plot. In short if they are not formally part of Al Qeada they will not be picked up even though they express solidarity and are planning their own future actions.

It will take at least 3 orders of magnitude more dead Americans before we get serious about winning this war.

[hotpotato]

It will take at least 3 orders of magnitude more dead Americans before we get serious about winning this war.

so... would that be why AQ would choose forest fires? If they kill a very tiny fraction of "3 orders of magnitude" of Americans, the government won't even look their way?