Gloves are off...

[funkedup]

US has (with a few exceptions) given foreign and domestic terrorists due process of law.  That is unfortunately not going to be the case now.  I think Israeli Mossad will look mild compared to what will be seen now.

[Pepe]

I hope the words "hunt down" are only a pale shade off what these beasts are going to get.  

[jihad]

Whatever it takes to hunt the responsible scumbags down is OK in my opinion, I hope the CIA has some assassins on their payroll.

[Skuzzy]

Assassins my butt!  We need to declare all out WAR on the country that is hosting these lunatics. I am incredibly angry, and wish nothing but death and misery on, not only those directly responsible, but on the country that plays hosts to these types of people!

[funkedup]

Jihad, supposedly CIA was put out of that business in the 1970's.  But I'm sure they will have plenty of volunteers.  Also Army and Navy and FBI have some people to do that kind of thing.  Don't be surprised if NATO and non-NATO countries help out on this too.

[R4M]

for what I have seen and heard, USA will have full backup of the EU. Is good to know it, btw.

[Lance]

Yep.  I guess we will see what Bush is made out of.  One thing he will have going for him is that this will galvanize the country into supporting whatever action he wants to authorize.

We need to find out what country is harboring whoever (Bin Laden?) is responsible for this and give them 24 hours to turn that person and their cronies over before we declare war and obliterate them.

[ 09-11-2001: Message edited by: Lance ]

[Rocket]

Hmm what if it was a militia group from inside the US?  Someone that thinks like Tim McViegh did and has a following?  Or thinks they are carrying on what tim did???  Don't think that it just has to be from outside our borders everytime.  Tim proved that in OK.  
Find out for sure who did it.  Finish it.  If it is from overseas and some country wants to hide them kill them and the leaders of that country and whoever else stands in teh way..

WWIII here I come

Rocket

[Dowding]

No matter how horrific this is, target the people responsible, not innocent civilians.

Make it clear who the animals are, and treat them accordingly.

[Maverick]

Just heard on news. A first indication of Govt. type of thinking on this matter. Sen Mcain (sp I know) has used the words "act of war" in an interview he as also stated that the response should be predicated on that basis as an attack of this type is an act of war.

Frankly I have to believe him and agree. The attack of Pearl Harbor caused the loss of almost all of our Pacific fleet and over 2,000 soldiers / civilians. The casualty numbers of this attack make Dec 7, pale in comparison. Over 50,000 people worked in the trade center. That isn't counting the Police and Fire personell that were lost responding to the first impact on ther trade center.

To the individual that posed a home grown terrorist threat. I doubt that theory is credible. The last one, Oklahoma City, galvinized many in that frame of mind to abandon it as it is a way to do nothing but eliminate them from ANY sympathy. It is totally counter productive. Having said that, if it turns out to have been an anti govt. militant, I'll be happy to pull the switch on him.

All, wait until the investigation is over and we have a definate source of this cowardly act. Then pray for the troops who will go in harms way to correct this problem.

In the mean time go out, donate blood, ask what you can do to help the Red Cross and pray for those who were victims in NY and Washington.

We will not be bowed or beaten by any tragedy, cowardly act or disaster. We shall overcome this!

Mav

[Lance]

Let me be more specific since it sounded like I am ready to start nuking people.  I am not;p

Give the country harboring these people 24 hours to turn them over before declaring war on them and doing whatever it takes to bring them to justice.

[jihad]

Originally posted by Skuzzy:
Assassins my butt!  We need to declare all out WAR on the country that is hosting these lunatics. I am incredibly angry, and wish nothing but death and misery on, not only those directly responsible, but on the country that plays hosts to these types of people!

If a country is found to have helped or sponsored these vermin then by all means give them the full weight of conventional US military power, but it's also well past time to throw off the 'civilized' rules that most democracys abide by and fight back.

The use of assassins would introduce a bit of 'terror' to these noodlesuckers every day lives if they knew they were being actively hunted and executed when found - where ever that may be.

[Glasses]

[Jekyll]

I won't steal someone else's post, but the most powerful response I've read so far can be found in this thread

It was written by Toad (that's WB Toad not AH Toad).

I'll reprint it here

"We learn a lot from history. It's the rest of the world that's forgotten just what happens when you REALLY piss off the Americans.

I say again: Any Muslim with a lick of sense had better be seen on his knees, on a prayer rug, praying VERY loudly for the souls of those who died today.

You Russkis, stay the hell out of the way.

Somebody's gonna die .. lots of people are gonna die. If the world is lucky, it'll happen to the right people. If we Americans get careless, maybe a lot of the wrong people will die along the way. And anybody between us and our target is gonna be part of the target.

To be perfectly frank, a hell of a lot of Americans don't really care very much right now. "Collateral Damage" is not a phrase we're interested in.

Ahyone see General Shelton in the Pentagon speeches tonight? If they show it again, watch his eyes.

It's like the Clint Eastwood movie, "The Outlaw Josie Wales", where the Indian says "The Devil's come to breakfast."

Now tell me exactly which American military unit wouldn't give a month's pay to be dropped in on a handy terrorist camp .. anywhere. (Any bets on how many POWs there'll be to be taken to a court?)

And which American air squadron wouldn't sign up for 3 more years .. to intercept anyone who comes to interfere. (And do you think they'll care if there's a green scimitar on the wing .. OR a red star?)

Get out of the way, folks. Like I said, it's gonna get ugly. Not tomorrow. But soon.

I'd give ten years of my life to be on point.

Toad"

Apologies to Toad for quoting without permission, but even though I'm not an American, I don't think too many people would disagree with the above sentiments.

Yup, indeed it is time to take the gloves off.

[Karnak]

Jekyll,

Actually this gives ammo to something both President Bush and President Putin want.  A joint US-Russia anti-terrorist group.

Putin has already condemned the attack and stated very forcefully stated that "such an inhuman act must not go unpunished" and called terrorism "the plague of the 21st century".

Russia is behind us on this one.