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Originally posted by onetime2
Does anyone really think a jihad in the United States would be successful beyond limited attacks?
The entire terrorist network in Iraq (a place where they have substantial numbers of safe havens, intimate knowledge of the culture, people, geography, plenty of monetary and political support, etc) has been able to achieve, in their most successful large scale attacks, a few hundred deaths (most of them innocent Iraqis).
What makes anyone believe they will be more successful in the US should they take their jihad to us?
I have little doubt they will try. And I have little doubt they will ultimately fail.
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Scenerio: Imagine over the course of 4 weeks; suicide attacks begin happening in random cities in random states within random places of business.
A library in Galveston, TX; a department store in Los Angles, CA; a movie theater in Vining, MN; a grocery store in Chicago, IL; a surf shop in Kailua, HI; etc. Image that after 4 weeks multiple bombings were commited on US at very random places; in towns with populations from 100 to cities with 1,000,000 in various places of social gatherings and commerce. Every attack was claimed to be part of the Jihad and that any place could be a target.
The goal wouldnt be how to kill the largest amount of people, but to promote that no where is truly safe. They could even take it a step further and have a small number go straight to random houses and when the occupant answered the door; they would ignite the bomb.
What if this continued until steps had to be taken to stop them.
1) what would the steps be?
2) what would happen to the economy?
3) why is a scenerio such as this NOT possible? (if you believe it's not possible)