Dragonlich

People assume that the goal of 9/11 was to kill as many people as possible. That may have been part of the goal, but the main goal probably was exposure. What better way to show that you're the coolest uber-terrorist than destroying THE symbol of American corporate power in THE city everyone knows. Oh, and to be even more Uber, you destroy the military command centre and the political leadership too (or at least attempt to do that).

You seem to say that terrorist have regard for humanity *because* they choose not to kill as many as possible. I'd say that's just wishful thinking. While killing people may not be their main goal, the fact that they have no problem with killing people at all makes them inhuman and evil. It's not like they'd be less evil if they kill "only" 3,000 people instead of 10,000. Using that logic, Saddam wouldn't have been evil, because there were still Iraqis left alive; the same goes for Hitler - there were Jews left alive, there were still Russians left, etc.

That they didn't kill 10,000 people in those attacks is just pure luck/incompetence. You see, they didn't have the luxury of picking an exact time to crash. They had hijacked those planes at a certain pre-arranged time, then had to fly to New York, and then they had to try to fly these planes into two large buildings. Assuming that they can then choose the right moment to kill as many people as possible is just silly. They had enough trouble getting near the right buildings themselves, and every moment that they waited, their plans could have been ruined by anrgy passengers or angry fighter pilots...