You want to break the will of your opponent and get more recruits. If several small bombings in places like Roosevelt Mn get page 12 coverage if at all, how many Americans would notice? And as importantly how many Saudis, Yemenis or Egyptians would pay attention to it as well. On the other hand a large bombing in New York, Washington, LA or Seattle would get much more noticed. Hence more recruits and it would be more likely to sap the will of your opponents. Its a hearts and minds campaign in a way. Vietnam was not lost in Vietnam for instance but in the American heartland. Similarly the war on terrorism will be won in the US heartland and on the streets of the Islamic world.
larry At 04:59 PM 9/9/2003, you wrote: > > > > In a word, symbolism and attention. Remember terrorism is > > more about notice > > than about hitting military targets in this case. Bin Laden > > was going for > > the big hit so that they could get more recruits and power. > > Multiple small > > Walmart hits do not play as well as one or two large > > structure hits do in > > the Islamic world, even though the smaller hits would > > probably do more damage. > > > >So, as a terrorist, would it be more important to have an impact on your >enemy, or your friends? > >-rc > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
