[milkncookies]

Excellent reminder SCR1. My thinking for quite some time now has been that economic disruption and chaos here in the U.S. has been one of AQ's primary goals. I believe that this has gotten little attention because of our preoccupation with the immediate aftermath of biochem, viral and bomb threats. Many things that have been said by various AQ members in various formats have and continue to point to disruption of our power grid, pipelines, train systems, ports and food supply, each of which are extremely vital to our economic well-being as a country. These continued threats eat up tremendous resources in terms of cost, personnel and equipment as we continuously put forth efforts to interdict. The longer we are forced to contend with AQ in this manner, the more resources we are required to use, and the more vulnerable we become economically. A war of attrition so to speak. Combine that with just one or two successfully carried out attacks, and the dominoes fall even faster. (IMHO of course)

[SCR1]

Let's assume for a second that AQ has aquired a nuclear device. What if they decided to detonate the device not on a city but some secluded location, merely as a demonstration, and a with a warning that they have more and must meet a list of demands. Sounds goofy, aka TRUE LIES, but can anyone guess the economic impact on your country?