[lds23]

I think it is prudent to expect attacks aimed at curtailing travel and shopping up through Christmas.

Perhaps the reason a terrorist attack is being downplayed is to limit the economic impact. For example, I know people who are not going to be shipping presents to relatives for the holidays. If the travel industry, holiday shopping, Fed-Ex, US Mail, all the ripple effects are counted in, a protracted recession becomes even more protracted.

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Fox News just showed parts of the plane wreckage that look like a wing engine on the pavement at the gas station!

[kingh99]

exactly. This is why the enemy may stay mum about this. Nothing like doubt and uncertainty to bring down the mighty.

[callisto]

If the travel industry, holiday shopping, Fed-Ex, US Mail, all the ripple effects are counted in, a protracted recession becomes even more protracted.

This is exactly what OBL is hoping to occur, either by his cells' actions or by our fear escalating this recession into a full-blown depression.