[MarkL]

“The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies,” the memo said.

Maybe, just maybe, they'd learn that sort of thing would piss the vast majority of Americans off, rather than surrendering like they did in Spain... The change in policy? Sure, take "The Surge" and triple it!

Mark

[B4Ranch]

The vast majority of Americans do not have any say in our foreign policies. Unfortunately that is left up to politicians and select campaign contributers.