[Peter J. Huss]

They have made many warnings in the past, and I think they used the Madrid bombings as a signal to their operatives in the field.

I would not take the 90% to mean that they have merely 10% of their preps left before they strike. 90% is symbolic of "were are almost ready to knock the snot out of you".

Some people think they will wait until Bush is out of office to attack again. I don't think that is the case. If another attack happens that is as large or larger than the 911 attacks, I don't think it will matter even if Ralph Nader (GO RALPH!) is in office.

Our reaction will be reflectsive, irrational and vengeful. America is the 1000 lb gorilla of the world which has, even after 911, never been let out of it's cage. We have reacted with amazing restraint in Afganistan and Iraq in order to prevent civilian casualities. If there is another large scale attack on the US it is my humble belief that the US will not show any restraint, including the use of multiple nukes in the MT range.

[Frank_Discussion]

Yes, I agree. We may serve a little Mecca Under Glass...

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

If they do strike us, what should we do? Should we give them hugs? Should we get them to talk about their childhood?

do you let a guy with a knife shank you or do you shank him first?

This is sort of like the old line from the movie "The Untouchables": 'They put one of yours in the hospital, you put one of theirs in the morgue.'

When your enemy wants to utterly destroy you, you should not seek to understand them but understand that they must be destroyed. If not them, you.

What's not to understand about that?

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

If Nader is office and we are attacked, expect the US to give a complete and utter surrender.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

They have made many warnings in the past, and I think they used the Madrid bombings as a signal to their operatives in the field.

Couldn't they have just made a few phone calls?

[Kenton]

If there is another large scale attack on the US it is my humble belief that the US will not show any restraint, including the use of multiple nukes in the MT range.

First ya gotta know where to drop 'em, and these critters are like a bunch of sand fleas.

I would imagine that another attack would make it very difficult for any US Muslims to continue living here, however...

[RightWhale]

That won't happen. If it were going to happen it would have happened the day after 911.

[tet68]

They have set the terms, "NO QUARTER!"
So it shall be.......

[Romad Wife]

Hear Hear, we need to come out like wolves going in for the kill and waste them. Line up the B-1s wingtip to wingtip and end this job we begun!

[antivenom]

And let the little "silly willy nilly chicken shit countries" yanked their troops out of Iraq and run back to their european huts....once the wrath of the USA comes pouring down and when the "fallout" drifts across the hemispere's landscape, we can just shrug our shoulders and say....well you were either with us or against us and your poor decision bit you in the butt...go whine somewhere else.

[esquirette]

I couldn't disagree more. We have shown that we will take it and rebuild in our civil way--trying to show by example how to be nice. I submit as evidence the current price of oil, and our continued willingness to punish our own citizens with draconian security measures while refusing to send the private paying Middle Eastern engineering and aviation students home.