would you rather have car bombings and suicide bombers in north amercia?

[Charlie P]

Canuck asked this question on another thread "would you rather have car bombings and suicide bombers in north amercia" and my reply was "how many of these people would have come here and fought in our streets?"

Seriously?

What is stopping suicide bombing from happening on a daily basis?

Not border security. Heck they have already found prayer rugs left along the border and many reports of middle eastern illegals coming across.

Do you really think we could stop suicide bombers? Home made bomb on someones chest they get in line at the Monday night football game tonight boom? Walk into the local McDonalds at noon,boom.

Doug jumped in with this.

and there is no better recruitment for terrorism than knowing you get free potshots at the great Satan with no concern for reprisal!

You don't think the war in Iraq is a great recruitment tool for fighters or for that matter suicide bombers to come here?

[Charlie P]

Another question, Why wouldn't these insurgents come to Afghanistan to fight us?

[bawanajim]

ORIGINAL: Charlie P

Another question, Why wouldn't these insurgents come to Afghanistan to fight us?

The weather is nicer in Iraq.

[Charlie P]

heck someone somewhere thought it was middle east terrorists, does it matter at this point where they came from?

You mean the fact that they mostly came from Saudia Arabia shouldn't matter?



Does it serve any good purpose to try and derail the fight against terrorism?

Is that what we are doing over there?

We are at war and the terrorist want to take it to North America again, and they will not stop.

So why not streghten our borders and enforce our immagration policies?


Ifferd, you do realize the best thing the world has right now is the US in Iraq? Ground zero for the fight on terror is Iraq is it not?


Your kidding right?

[Tazman]

Good question Charlie, I have a feeling that they are more then capable of doing daily suicide attacks here in the US, but they would prefer to pull off something on a much larger scale.

Does what is happening in Afghanistan and Iraq cut down on the possibility of it happening here? Possibly in a small way, but I would be willing to bet you they are working on trying something big here in the US right now, hopefully we can prevent it, but I doubt it. All we can do is be diligent and pray that we can stop most of them before they happen, we will never stop them all.

[vc1111]

This ought to be a good thread if anyone has the cajones to address the questions.

[Tazman]

vc I thought I did, perhaps I will take it point by point.

"how many of these people would have come here and fought in our streets?"

Very few, but some may have.

What is stopping suicide bombing from happening on a daily basis?

I assume you are talking about here in the US, I feel the only thing stopping it is the terrorist them selfs, they want to hit here in the US in a very big way and suicide bombing are not big enough.

Do you really think we could stop suicide bombers?

NOPE.

You don't think the war in Iraq is a great recruitment tool for fighters or for that matter suicide bombers to come here?

Yep.

[Charlie P]

We tried it your way, and got hit with a major terrorist attack every other year even after the '93 WTC bombing.

We tried it my way?

We've stregthened our borders and actually enforced immagration laws?

We have gone after the head of the snake and cut it off.

[Tazman]

Charlie here is a link to an interesting article where Bin Ladens deputy is saying they plan their next attacks in Isreal and the Gulf area. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060911/D8K2MC280.html
I personally feel this may be a ploy hoping we let our gaurds down here, but who knows?

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: Charlie P

We have gone after the head of the snake and cut it off.

As of April 30th, 2001. Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan continue to be the seven governments that the US Secretary of State has designated as state sponsors of international terrorism.

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2441&CFNoCache=TRUE&printf riendly=true

Even more interesting is the note on the bottom, a portion of which reads:

Terrorist Use of Information Technology

Terrorists have seized upon the worldwide practice of using information technology (IT) in daily life. They embrace IT for several reasons: it improves communication and aids organization, allows members to coordinate quickly with large numbers of followers, and provides a platform for propaganda. The Internet also allows terrorists to reach a wide audience of potential donors and recruits who may be located over a large geographic area.