[6ppc]

they may just be buying time to figure out a strategy.

I think the strategy is in place. They are still moving the pieces around.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

The problem with a long-term strategy like this is that, the longer it takes until the 'big event', the greater the risk that it will be thwarted. That's why it is amazing that the hijackers were able to pull off what they did on September 11th. So many things could have interfered with their plans, but did not.

If this is true asymmetric warfare, there may not be any one 'big event' coming. Just an escalation in the little pinprick events that cause chaos. A logical next step might be for anthrax to make it to the west coast. Maybe a high school. Some demographic that so far has felt insulated from these events.

I'd almost rather there be another big event. It's easier for Americans to wrap their minds around the mangled WTC. Anthrax is more subtle, and invisible. We might be getting 'death from a thousand cuts', rather than a nuclear bomb.

It's hard not to feel like a sitting duck right now. I just hope to heck my faith in this administration is well-placed.