When will they strike next?

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

I hope they hit London...

Brilliant. Britian is your ally and you wish death and destruction upon them. Yup, with friends like these....

[Drake Tungsten]

You obviously didn't read the thread. My comment was a reaction to red_jon's idiotic comments, not a sincere wish. I see that it went right over your head...

[JCG]

Depends. I believe they will try something completely different to throw people off in an ugly way...

Btw, You're going to nuke London for his stating simple (yet unlikely) possibilities? Just give him the benefit of doubt.

[Ninot]

instead of petty-bickering
we could stay on topic perhaps. that never takes more than one post to do...

honestly, im thinking its going to be less dramatic than plane crashes, but probably more effective, if anything happens.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
You obviously didn't read the thread. My comment was a reaction to red_jon's idiotic comments, not a sincere wish. I see that it went right over your head...

Yeah, if they don't agree with you completely, you wish them dead.

[Inverse Icarus]

i hate people who could even fathom the administration being behind the attacks.

sure, they "profitted" from them in one way or another, i'll concdeed that.

but i'll never believe anyone
would bring that upon their own people.

never.

[Ninot]

considering the damages of 98B, and the thousands of high-tax payers killed... (cold hearted thinking, but just looking at it that way)

i think the profits can't be that great...

[Ming]

Enough of this crap. The next person that continues "wishing" death on others or continues this petty little argument is restricted...

So who is it going to be

[Dinner]

Originally posted by red_jon
Conspiricy theory that CIA or the U.S. government or Jews (or anyone but OBL) flow plans into the Pentigon or WTC.

I won't continue the arguement because I don't want to get banned. Hopefully I can still atleast laugh though.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by UberKruX
i hate people who could even fathom the administration being behind the attacks.

sure, they "profitted" from them in one way or another, i'll concdeed that.

but i'll never believe anyone
would bring that upon their own people.

never.

While not the same scale, it would not be without historical precedent for a government to let their people be killed to further a political goal. For instance, I believe there is pretty compelling circumstantial evidence that the British admiralty set up the Lusitania to be sunk to help draw the U.S. into WWI. And David Floyd would take that a step further and say Wilson was in on it.

Maybe if Britain had to witness the destruction of Buckingham Palace, things would be different, sympathy-wise. Maybe if France had to see the Eiffel Tower come crashing down on thousands of innocents would their blood freeze with horror, shock, and then begin to boil with anger. Maybe if German's rebuilt Reichstag (I think that's what it's called) were blown up, with many of that nation's leaders within, would they look at things differently. Maybe if ... well, you see, it can go on and on.

I doubt it. I watched the towers' destruction from my office window, and my personal philosophy keeps me more akin to the European mainstream sentiment that the drumbeat for war on Iraq is absurd and that the "War on Terrorism," while legitimate in its own right, is being cynically used by this administration to institute pet policies and encroach on cherished liberties.

I suppose it is simply a difference of perspective, not necessarily having that one experience. Keep in mind that Europe has been subject to violent terrorism long before we were, and has also witness the devastation of the continent through war unlike anything we have experienced.

[Boris Godunov]

I wish death on Osama Bin Laden.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I wish death on Osama Bin Laden.

Stepping over the thin line after a specific warning... see you in 24 hours...

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Ming
The next person that continues "wishing" death on others or continues this petty little argument is restricted...

ok, so i can wish death on myself and get away, right?

back on topic:

Sadly, i think Al Qaeda would only consider USA, and possible Israel as viable targets. and of the two, i think they would choose USA, solely because there are bigger things to hit.

but, the question lies in... what will they hit, a populous target, or a symbolic target?

if Ossama was supposedly happy with only nocking a few floors off the towers, and wasnt wishing them to fall exactly, what must he be thinking for other targets?

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I suppose it is simply a difference of perspective, not necessarily having that one experience. Keep in mind that Europe has been subject to violent terrorism long before we were, and has also witness the devastation of the continent through war unlike anything we have experienced.

The folks who frequent Apolyton are, generally, *not* familiar with the ravages of war.

We mostly see it through the history books and whatnot. Just because my grandfather saw the horror of World War II doesn't make me any *wiser* in that regard because nothing can replace actually being there, experiencing it. History books and stories are but windows into a dark era. The older generations in Europe — i.e. those still alive from the WW I and WW II eras — are, indeed, quite familiar with war. But not us folks born in the 1960s and 1970s and beyond (unless you're a veteran who saw action). So whenever I hear that Europeans are more world-wise than anyone in America, I take it with a grain of salt. Just because my grandparents knew what war was doesn't make *me* a fount of wisdom in regards to war. I would have to *experience* it for myself to truly know how bad war can be. As it is now, I've only seen war through books, magazines, television, movies and whatnot.

Furthermore, America has most certainly experienced the devastation of war. Specifically, a civil war. But I suppose since the last war that devastated significant parts our homeland took place from 1861-65 makes it less relevant than 1914-18 and 1939-45, eh?

Gatekeeper

(Tsk, tsk, Boris. You got yourself banned ... now I'll have to wait for your reply, if any, is forthcoming. )

[metalhead]

If I had to guess, terrorists will strike where they can hit the most people - it's been their trademark throughout. They want maximum casualties, plain and simple. By the way, am I the only one that is VERY pleasantly surprised there hasn't been another terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11?

Hey, gatekeeper, good post. I, too, am amazed by Euros the same age as myself who think they know more about the costs of war because a major war was fought on their land 40 years before they were born. I guess having thousands of our people killed in Vietnam (while honoring alliances with European nations) doesn't qualify us to comment on the atrocities of war