One would have to be a profound moron to claim that there will NEVER be another AQ attack ever again. What else would you expect the FBI director to say?
From glancing at the 10,000 post thread it's fairly clear it's largely driven by people who (largely subconsciously) are getting increasingly frustrated at the failure of AQ to do anything at all in the US for the last 2 1/2 years. And people certainly seem to enjoy wallowing in fear.
Did finally see someone explicitly call for the extermination of all Muslims on earth in that thread, something I think dozens and dozens think but manage to restrain themselves from posting.
If you really follow that other thread, with an open mind, you would have seen that things discussed there became major news days or weeks later, meaning that the info posted there was indeed based on correct information. Obviously there is also a lot of speculation and brain storming going on, which is part of trying to figure things out.
The article from Debka, dated November 3, "Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles" was ridiculed by some at the time, only to be confirmed, when we went on orange alert nearly two months later.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013726/posts People who are only interested in reading about events that happened, may or may not be interested in that thread (although people post related news articles too), but those who are interested in trying to put bits and pieces of info together, or reading about others' attempts at doing so, may be interested.
As I pointed out earlier, the info about the jihadi chatter has been discussed there for some time, and it just made it to the mainstream news.
Extermination of all Arabs is going a bit far isn't it? I mean, you sound like them when you say such things.
However, it is frustrating to feel like no real justice is being done where Al Qaeda is concerned. I know more is probably happening than we know, but it is that frustration and helplessness that keeps people edgy.
I really wish a major break would happen, like with Saddam and some major inroads could happen. Preferably before they launch another attack.