Posted by Dinah on February 12, 2003, at 23:47:39
In reply to Re: Terror Attacks!! forgive me I'm Canadian,,but, posted by gabbix2 on February 12, 2003, at 23:14:33
Heaven only knows, I'd hate to turn this into a political thing. :( There is just too much pain everywhere.
I would think it could be possible that it is propaganda. But on the other hand, a genuine effort to make a strike at the US on the brink of its war with Iraq wouldn't be hard to believe. The thinking could be to scare Americans - I think a lot of people think that Americans won't stand for loss of American life and will demand a stop to the war.
At any rate, I'm guessing the government is darned if they do and darned if they don't. If they sound an alert and nothing happens, they'll be accused of fear-mongering. If they don't sound an alert and something happens, there'll be the months of finger pointing there was after 9/11. Who should have known what when. Why didn't they warn us. Etc.
Again, I pray that this is the former. That the alert is sounded and nothing happens.
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