No, Sixgun, but it must've been your wish for the terrorists to win...because you're supporting every single thing that has lead to their victory...

Why do I say 'victory?' Because they really did win. The objective of terrorism is simple: Induce terror and change a group's way of life in the negative - - and the terrorists certainly did that. Note the economy that, while showing some signs of recovery, has a long way to go. Note the alert levels, causing fear and apprehension throught the citizenery every time its raised. Note how people won't fly as much now. Note the insane checkpoints at the airports. Anthrax scares left people abandoning mail.

Sure, people flew their flags after 9/11, myself included. But most of that patriotism was a shield from the fear that was felt, widespread. For weeks after the attacks, the hallways of my school were completely subdued - no talking but for some hushed murmers, etcetera. Its now more dangerous to speak against the views of the government - you might be branded a terrorist. As Bush said, "You're either 100% with us or against us."

They tore the nation apart in the aftermath because of the war and other such things. I wonder if it will be found that any of this faulty intelligence that the CIA received had Al Qaeda roots? I bet there's a chance. We also turned on allies as a result of the same conflict.

And the majority of the country sat idly by and supported all of this.

The terorists definately succeded in their goals...and the government unwittingly contributed to it. I'm not proud of it, and you shouldn't be either.

In any case, they produce these people and they disappear...and no one is the wiser. How do we really know if any of this is real at all? We don't. If the guy was really going to set off a "dirty bomb," then I'm glad we caught him - - but no one knows either way because the entire matter disappeared.

If its legitimate, then they can go for it...but I'm not convinced that any of it is.