Their goal, as they have repeatedly stated was to turn the US into a Caphilate.(spe?) They can't do it, but, they can cause a lot of damage on their way down. If listening to their calls would stop that, I'm for it.
We have the strongest economy in the world. If half of it were destroyed, we would still have the GDP of Sweden. But they couldn't even do that because there really aren't that many loose nukes.
How many loose nukes are there? You can answer this question? You know how many North Korea has? You know how many Iran has? We have a great economy now, let loose a couple of nukes and you won't be able say the same thing.
Pretty much the same thing happened to Japan. But today they are a major economic power.
Japan? WE rebuilt Japan and started them on the road to democracy and wealth. I can just see europe and the rest of the world throwing zillions of dollars at us to help get America back on her feet./sarc
I don't. We came within a gnat's eyelash of having a President Gore or a President Kerry. They elected Bill Clinton president -- twice! Clinton did more to appease the terrorists and empower evil regimes than anyone else.
But, it didn't happen. We're still standing. And history will show what an appeaser clinton was and how corrupt he was. History will look back on Bush and not understand why the world hated him so much. That he is possibly one the greatest presidents that we have had. His one deserving zero will be illegal immigration and our open borders. But other than that, he will be right up there along side Reagan and Lincoln. History will give Bush all the glory the world refuses to give him now. And, when that history is told, my children and grandchildren, and by then my great grandchildren will know that we were on the right side of history.
Let 'em listen to al queda.
Sure they would, for a lot of reasons. 1) With their American defender on its knees they have a vested interest in helping us back up because the bad guys in the world will see it as an opportunity. 2) If (because of reason 1)things start to go bad around the world, America with its military still intact, will be a one of the most secure places to invest especially since we will be closing our borders to trade and building our manufacturing capability.
But, it didn't happen. We're still standing.
But the World Trade center isn't. What Clinton did was to create a China that is ten times the strength it was before. They are building a nuclear threat and a naval threat to Asia. He helped empower and embolden terrorists by supporting Yassir Arafat and helping to create the Palestinian Authority.
I don't know how many more Clinton's this country can stand but I sure don't want to make it easier on whoever will be the next Democrat in the White House.
Rather than let the government listen to Al Qaeda, let everyone listen.