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[Boerseun]

As heartless as it might seem, I kinda see your point.

America had to respond after 9/11, to show to the world, prospective terrorists and her own population that she will bite back. Ironically, her response might just achieve what the terrorists attempted. Through crazy military spending like there's no tomorrow, America might blow the foundations out from under the economy. Things like Homeland Protection chisel away at the individual constitutional freedoms, the very Soul of America.

So, ironically, it might be that the US' response to 9/11 might serve as a incentive for further terrorist attacks on the same scale - whereby you blow up a few buildings in select spots, scurry back to your hole-in-the-wall and watch America self-destruct.

I think Obama engaging in a real conversation with the Muslim world on equal terms is paramount. Whether I agree with their particular brand of delusion is another matter, entirely.