[HitmanLV]

Probably the saddest aspect to any new organized coordinated attack is that after an initial period of panic (which could be brief and as little as a few hours), I would expect that the rank and file in the americas will begin to take their frustarations out on anybody who remotely looks Muslim or Mid Eastern.

That will be a very wide net - it will probably snare and victimize many Indians and Hindus, innocent Muslims, and some sad folks who bear even a superficial resemblance to people from that part of the world.

If a coordinated attack victimizes americans in significant numbers (and the benchmark here is the 3,000 victimized on 9-11-01), say 10,000, 20,000 or 30,000 nationwide, I think things will get very ugly, very quickly in the hours after such a formidable attack.

A shame. I hope we avert such a disaster but I think another attack is inevitable. I don;t think the reaction I am describing is inevitable, but I feel it is likely.

[Paleo Conservative]

Probably the saddest aspect to any new organized coordinated attack is that after an initial period of panic (which could be brief and as little as a few hours), I would expect that the rank and file in the americas will begin to take their frustarations out on anybody who remotely looks Muslim or Mid Eastern.

I'm more worried that the reaction will be, "we brought it on ourselves", "we deserved it", "we had it coming", etc.

[Our man in washington]

Hey, payback is a Hillary!

(FR would justifiably censure me if used the correct saying, so I had to use a synonym for the forbidden word.)