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"So what has America to be really fearful about? Do you think Al Queda will ever occupy a beach head in Virginia or conquer any state in the Union!....."

No they may never occupy a beach head in America but they may one day irradiate one of our cities.

They do not have to conquer our land to devastate us economically; just imagine the 75% or the worlds oil reserves in Al-Queada hands, just imagine the impact of NYC, Chicago, or LA being nuked...what do you think that would do to the US and the West?

The days were oceans and distance could protect us over.

The war in Iraq was not solely undertaken to remove Saddam or to protect us from the Iraqi people. The political and military importance of Iraq is far reaching and much more than than one would gather from looking at it strictly from the surface....IMHO

I think irradiating a city will put everybody behind the cause (at least longer than it did with Twin Towers). It would be a sad day, considering that the long cold war with the Soviets never had a nuclear incident. At least the Soviets were sensible about extinction, whereas the terrorists are not and kinda look fondly towards the afterlife. We could talk and negotiate with the Soviets, but not with terrorists... but my point is that many Americans won't see terrorists as a big problem until "Ground Zero" nuke day happens. The country is divided and the old mentality is that terrorism is still about criminal events and not war. People either forget about the attack on Twin Towers or they think Al Queda could never occupy any part of the United States... so it becomes fonder for politics. Michael Moore is a perfect example of the mentality of not recognizing terrorism or seeing terrorists in Iraq as Revolutionary Minute Men. It just becomes a means to take Bush down and is not important outside of personal politics. And I also wonder about some on the right that now want to pull out of Iraq based on the grieving feelings of, perhaps, Sheehan type individuals.

Personally, I think the war on terror is a unique kind of war unlike Vietnam or Korea, unlike the cold war, unlike anything ever seen... in fact, it is an unseen war (spy cams, etc.) which makes everything seem normal on the surface. The most visible thing is Iraq but, as MSM want us to know, it's about insurgents and not terrorists... you know, "there is no threat to America so get them of there" mentality!