[magellan]

I'd prefer he target San Francisco.

[mhking]

I'd prefer he target San Francisco.

If he wants symbolic, San Francisco and Seattle are obvious choices. Taking out the Golden Gate would be almost as symbolic as the Trade Center, plus any radiation would drift east and southward over the entire Bay Area, plus put a huge hurt on Silicon Valley.

As someone else mentioned, something in Puget Sound would wipe out both Boeing and Microsoft's corporate offices along with Starbucks and a handful of other high-profile firms.

Of course, you can't look at the West Coast without looking at the Southland and how much problem would be caused by taking out Los Angeles. LAX is on the ocean, and that's just for starters. With the way air stagnates and settles between the mountains and the ocean, any radiation would settle into the L.A. basin and injure if not kill millions.

[BenLurkin]

"I'd prefer he target San Francisco."

>It must be a tough call for the enemy.
> On one hand S.F. is the center of much of what they so bitterly despise.
> On the other hand they know that the Bay area holds an important population of useful idiots who have shown loyalty and support to the terrorist cause.

[Jumper]

Do I detect the sacraasm that Republicans would be rewarded with the State of Californification in the next National Elections for President:) I've always believed that if our enemies destroyed "Cities" in America, the States which lost the city(ies) would swing Republican. From each cloud a silver lining can be found"

[ladyinred]

I'd prefer he target San Francisco.

I'd prefer he didn't target any area of our country.