"because some smart people do not agree with you."
These smart people were not thinking about the scenario I just described.
But go ahead, track down the article. Just because it's written, doesn't make it right/accurate/correct.
If you can poke holes in my argument/reasoning/logic - have at it! :-)
I understand the point you're making, but I would argue that if our nation and the world could survive relatively unscathed psychologically from 9/11 - which was essentially our introduction to terror on such a massive scale - then follow-on attacks will have less of a psych impact, not more. (Unless WMDs are involved, then it may well be greater.)
Adversely impacting our energy supply will hurt, no doubt. But so did grounding our air transportation system for four days, closing Reagan National for three weeks, and ratcheting up security measures - thereby increasing the hassle factor and wait time (loss of productivity). Yet here we are three years later, worried that people have forgotten.