Imagine: a man and a boy with guns paralyzed the Metro area for almost a month.
That's when I understood al Qaeda wasn't mainly about killing Americans, because if that's what they wanted to do, it was too easy. I realized they were about the big show, the big bang -- airplanes, skyscrapers -- to make a psychic impression around the world. That's when I realized al Qaeda was engaged, primarily, in a PR and propaganda war for the hearts and minds of Muslims outside America.
I hesitate to even write this (after all, this blog is surely monitored by the NSA and Major League Baseball), but the truth is that if Islamic terrorists really wanted to terrorize Americans, then they would strike at our soft underbelly. Which is just about everywhere. They would attack shopping malls, grocery stores, gas stations, etc.... Basically what the DC snipers did. All it took back then was two guys with guns. And nothing -- absolutely nothing -- has changed since then.
I hesitate to even write this (after all, this blog is surely monitored by the NSA and Major League Baseball), but the truth is that if Islamic terrorists really wanted to terrorize Americans, then they would strike at our soft underbelly. Which is just about everywhere. They would attack shopping malls, grocery stores, gas stations, etc.... Basically what the DC snipers did. All it took back then was two guys with guns. And nothing -- absolutely nothing -- has changed since then.
By Josh White
September 30, 2012 | Washington Post
September 30, 2012 | Washington Post
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