[Zhang Fei]

Any country in the world could have contained terrorists capable of hijacking airplanes and plowing them into buildings using box-cutters (at the time). It really was a simple terrorist act to implement.

McVeigh killed a couple of hundred people with a van full of fertilizer. A couple of 18-wheelers could probably kill more people than on 9/11, when parked up against the right structure. The way I see it, the reason they haven't done this kind of attack is because they don't want to deal with the resultant retaliation. But even deterrence fades. Once the Taliban regains its perch, it may fool itself into thinking that we won't return no matter what it does to us.

[rollo tomasi]

Yes, probably a legion full of sleeper cells in the US and the only reason Mullahs do not activate them is due to our reaction (Grassroots and official).

A very slow and patient process, but an active process nonetheless. Taliban is winning this war anyway. Trillions wasted in resources on desolate regions with hardly anything to show for is embarrassing for a so called Super Power. Taliban sure as hell is not going away, so nothing to show for except a huge, extravagant, bloody transfer of wealth.

[plain talk]

Right. We can’t ensure every low-life in the world is incapable of striking us. Not an easy issue. While I dont want to see the Taliban get back to their former strength i dont see how we sustain that hell-hole full of barbarians. What you say is true. We leave and they will grow stronger. Big problem.