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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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It really wouldn't take much to wreak a great deal of havoc. Consider the impact of a few dozen suicide bombers blowing themselves and a great many shoppers to bits at malls across the country? Low capital requirement and no training required. The economic impact would be horrendous. They do not need to take out a large part of the population to inflict tremendous damage.