What a glorious way to die ... and in the eyes of ol Bin Laden .... what a way to get your biggest ambitional obstacle out of the way. Folks .... us follow the logic .... pretend that our foe ... might just be the Anti-Christ, or a minion, or just the reincarnate of Hitler ... then consider that these recent event are probably purpose driven ... intellectually directed ... pure evil. Then ... consider that, in order for someone to direct, plan, and execute a deed so dispicable as to hope to kill 50k+ people at the WTC .... I would submit that this person has achieved the pinnacle ... the very acme and personification ... of evil.
My point .I think ... he .. may think .... that we believe we have him ... right where he wants us.
Bottomline ... we had better watch out for the trap ... cause given the logic .... there just might be one.
The scenario you laid out is something to think about. And I'm not taking my eyes off China, either. I'm sure they'd love to grab Taiwan right about now.