[witnesstothefall]

I'm thinking this is an elaborate headfake, not without some effect, at very little or no cost to al Queda.

I'm skeptical they have the operational wherewithal to conduct multiple snych'd ops stateside, al Queda style. JMO.

[Prime Choice]

I'm skeptical they have the operational wherewithal to conduct multiple snych'd ops stateside, al Queda style. JMO.

I'm with you. Just consider the span of time between their first attack on the WTC and their last. The first was in 1993. It was EIGHT YEARS before they were ready to try it again.

Since 2001, al Qaeda has been bloodied pretty damn badly. Their finances have largely been crippled, they're now relying on rank amateurs for their attacks (which is why Muslims were killed in their latest attack in Turkey), and they've lost two major staging areas (Afghanistan and Iraq).

But somehow we're supposed to believe that they're able to regroup and strike with even greater force than they did a mere 2 years ago? Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I find it all highly doubtful...

[justshutupandtakeit]

Ssssh, don't disturb the paranoia.

[biffalobull]

I'm thinking this is an elaborate headfake, not without some effect, at very little or no cost to al Queda. I'm skeptical they have the operational wherewithal to conduct multiple snych'd ops stateside, al Queda style. JMO.

I think you are right on the money, witness. We are being terrorized and their not risking one life.