No need to repeat it, but a couple of backpack bombs on the Metro at rush hour would kill a lot of people but we are a tad tougher than folks guess.
I arrived at the Metro station in Springfield EARLY on 9/12 just to get back to work as soon as possible and see what I could contribute to the war effort.
We even had some Democrats show up as well ~ not all of them found their knees turned to jello.
his points about oil price spirals are spot on, and he didn't mention the possibility that sympathetic regimes (specifically venezuela) might shut off sales to the US as well.
the consequences of oil doubling or tripling from here would be quite bad for our economy as well as pretty much everyone else's.
"The attack on the Pentagon DID NOT BRING WASHINGTON DC TO A HALT."
I was in downtown Washington DC between the White House and the Capitol on 9/11. I don't know what you experienced but I can personally testify to panic in the streets as terrified commuters fled the city, causing a massive traffic jam. The confusion and fear on the street was palpable. People were shouting to get on buses, acting irrationally. A high-level individual in our organization caused a scandal by abandoning his female associate on Capitol Hill in a rush to get out of there. Our building was on lockdown and we were told to be prepared to spend the night as noone knew what was happening or what other attacks might occur.