WalterM140 wrote:

"Al Qaeda will be weighing its options for staging an attack against
the continental United States before the presidential elections in
November. Stratfor believes that an attack is possible, though not
certain -- and the decision likely will be made at the highest levels
of the organization, based on an ever-shifting calculus.

[....]

"It is our assessment that al Qaeda is prepared to carry out an attack
in the coming months, but will do so only if top leaders determine
that action is necessary to further the organization's goals."


No kidding? People actually pay Stratfor for such keen analysis, do
they? Any undergraduate could have told you the same thing, but without
all the pompous build-up in which Stratfor indulges.


Bush has been so intent on taking care of the the interests of Oil
men, Israel and the House of Saud, he has played right into Al Qaeda's
hands.

Your conclusions don't match your premises, though neither you nor I
know for sure if you are right. As it is, the US voters don't seem to
want a debate on today's issues or tomorrow's.

As usual we will get what we deserve.


Jack