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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vogon Poet: [QB] What I find most interesting is that the terrorists, whoever they may be, had the oportunity to destroy two of the most fundamental symbols of America - the White House and the Statue of Liberty. Instead they chose nearby targets, a centre of commerce and finance, and a military headquarters. I wonder what this says, apart from their preferral for extreme slaughter (either of the symbolic targets would have only netted a few hundred dead)? Now, if they were McVeigh-type domestic terrorists, this could be said to be consistent - reverence for American symbols, targetting their hate instead on centres of World Finance and Federal Military power. . . Or, consider the Taliban: they don't care much for symbols (cf. those Buddhist statues), whereas going for central governmental institutions makes sense given the history of Afghanistan since 1979. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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