Posted on 07/14/2005 7:24:14 AM PDT by Saberwielder
First and foremost blame Bush.
"It has now been revealed that the terrorists bought a "park and display" ticket at the parking facility. Can you shed any light on whether this bolsters our theory that they were less than willing to committ suicide? Or not?"
I don't think that proves it one way or another. These tickets are obligatory at many rail carparks. Basically you pay in advance for parking at the machine it prints out a ticket showing the time you must return by and then you put this on your dashboard. Ticket inspectors walk around and anyone whose ticket has expired or who does not have a ticket on display will get wheel clamped.
If they did not intend to commit suicide then they certainly would have bought a ticket! However, if they knew they were on a suicide mission they would likley have bought a ticket also, just so that no attention was drawn the vehicle in the hours between them parking at the rail station and getting to their targets.
OK, that makes sense to me.
We all must understand that our enemy's only hope in defeating us lies in instilling FEAR to cause our fifth columns within our countries to overcome our political will.
Osama knew that the suicide mission supplies a geometric augmentation in the fear factor of any attack.
It is precisely the suicide factor which causes abject fear, defeatism, and self-flagellation within the weak-minded. A remote detonation such as the Madrid bombings can be effective, but sends a message of weakness to the audience in this macabre play, the vaunted "Arab street" from which the jihadis derive their power. A remote detonation is seen by its targeted populace as a weapon several rungs down the scale as something to fear, and more importantly, is seen as cowardly by the Arab mindset.
The attempt to portray this as a suicide mission when it may not have been shows the frustration and ineptitude within the enemy camp, and puts the bright light at the end of the tunnel for our side.
They will lose, and they; know it, if these attacks are revealed to be remote detonations, IMHO.
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