================================================ The U.S. is beginning to smell the rat here. Long before the stench of decay from the World Trade Center even comes to the fore, the Noble Eagle has sensed that Bin Laden could not have orchestrated everything. To accomplish something of such a grand scale, he would have to have access to resources and intelligence greater than himself. True, he is the son of a Saudi millionaire (did I hear billionaire?), but to what value is that amount of money when used for something international in scope? And why has Saudi Arabia been so quiet lately, not taking part in the international chorus?
Truth: Bin Laden has had to rely on a number of countries to realize his objectives. And for all you know, such objectives might not even be his, they might be solely those of the countries that supported or continue to support him. He may well be right, he's probably just a scapegoat for a number of countries out to destroy the United States.
Poor United States, it has made so many friends, yet so many enemies! Under these circumstances it's like searching the haystack for that proverbial needle. Even this situation has its domestic undertones. The leader of the pack is always the one with the most enemies, he is always the one targetted for mischief, certainly not those who are amiable and would simply go with the flow.
The timing of the terrorist attack could not have been better. The U.S. economy is going down, everybody knows that. So much so that President Bush has reversed the rather stringent approach that his predecessor had taken with regards to the Microsoft Anti-trust case. Prevailing economic conditions certainly do not augur well for a break-up of a giant who might counted upon to rescue the U.S. economy soon. (AT&T, of course, wasn't so lucky!)
But the terrorist attack may be more recently planned (not a long-term strategy) if looked at from the Defense Shield initiative of President Bush. You will remember that right from the very start, the Bush administration has been extremely bullish about the Starwars plan. On the other side of the fence are those who feel that this will severely ruin the almost food-chain-like power balance in place in the world. And such fear certainly has basis. One country in the world (in fact the one widely perceived as the most powerful one) can now become impregnable.
Mind you, the terrorist attacks did not occur at the time of
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