Who in This Forum is Afraid of the Al-Qaeda Boogiemen Killing Us Here?

[ChooseLiberty]

AQ can't destroy the US but the reaction can -

Greenspan kept rates low for so that the entire subprime mess was the fallout. The costs are still rising. Next up is the same thing for credit card debt.

Then the neocons used 9/ll and the soccer mommies to convince B&C to attack Iraq for around $1 Trillion.

Just those two effects alone can end up costing the economy a multiple $Trillions.

Not to mention progress to a fascist state.

I'd say OBL (or whoever) definitely won the first round.

If that's shown anything it's that even a small disruption can cause an insane cascade of reactions.

Americans are now officially a bunch of oprah watching soccer mommies scared of their own shadow and willing to do anything to prevent a little discomfort.

 

[virgil47]

Folks I certainly hope that you are correct in saying we have no reason to fear terrorists. However if they should ever decide to begin randomly bombing schools, school buses, shopping malls and cinamas be prepared to see our safe and carefree lifestyles come to a screeching halt. One of my main concerns is them setting off a dirty bomb at a major sporting event. If they do that thousands of people will die and we will have no one to blame as they will just melt back into the fabric of society. Roadside bombs are a very effective tool when it comes to demoralizing the citizenry of a nation. You say that you are unconcerned. Is that true or are you just unwilling to accept that these things could happen at any time and we are powerless to prevent them. Pull your heads out of ... the sand and learn from history or be prepared to repeat it.