This bears repeating. AQ is not insane (in the strict, medical definition). They are very patient and know to only strike when they can get the most possible traction out of an attack. If they lit off the first nuke they got in our country, we would probably wipe AQ off of the face of the planet within a year. We would be devastated, but also determined to destroy our enemies once and for all.
If they waited until they had twenty or so nukes strategically placed and timed to go off at the same time, the level of terror and devastation would be off the chart. As much as I hate to say it, I think a lot of Americans would seriously consider capitulating at this point. Then they would probably deploy the bioweapons to really put the fear of Allah into the infidels.
That takes me off on another tangent. Why haven't they used bioweapons on us yet? Didn't some cabinet member recently say that he was shocked our food supply was not targeted yet? What would they be waiting for, it would be so easy for them to hit us with bioweapons. The obvious answer is that they are waiting to deliver the death blow.
Good post, I agree. Fortunately, they are likely to mis-calculate just what the death blow will be. We will be victorious in the end.