What's the consensus? Do you guys think we're just hearing chest thumping, or is something "big" really in the works? I fear it is the latter. I think it is the former.
Arabs are always full of bluster at precisely those moments when they are least potent.
Feeling all powerful after "they" chased the Russians from Afghanistan, they actually believed they would take down the Great Satan on 9-11, through their attack on our economy. Our economy, of course, took it like water off a duck's back.
Their ACTIONS indicate they have moved to secondary goals while blustering about strikes on our soil to APPEAR to retain power, something they MUST do for their recruiting effort.
I believe they see that another strike on our soil would bring even more dire consequences to their region, at least the foot soldiers realize this, if not what's left of their leadership. One thing for sure, 9-11 wouldn't have happened without a profound lack of respect, respect which has been restored by our ACTIONS in its aftermath. IMHO.
Well, I pray that you are the one who's right here.
The things that worry me, though, are:
- The missing Russian suitcase nukes. (Assume OBL has at least a couple, as they reportedly were not very costly to acquire and the guy's a billionaire).
- Chem/Bio. I keep hearing about how these are "so difficult" to disperse and think that's a red herring put out by our gov't to calm the sheeples. Seems like all they'd have to do is let some highly contagious germ spores out of the bag (smallpox or worse) and have one helluva epidemic on our hands.
But it is the suitcase nukes, targeting maybe DC, NYC, etc that I'm most concerned about.
On the other hand, the incidents with the airplanes (Air France) seems so..low tech, that it makes me think that they don't have the "big toys".
All in all..this time feels different, for whatever reason. But I pray that we hit mid-Feb with nothing happening, and I'm gonna write these guys off once and for all as a bunch of big talkers.