Friday, December 05, 2008

Can the world afford terrorism?

I'm talking to you, axis of evil. And Russia. Hey China. Saudi Arabia.

On Sept. 11th al Qaeda wanted to bring the western world to its knees by striking the world trade center as a symbol of Wall St., American capitalism and freedom. That didn't work. But what may have escaped the terrorists and their backers and enablers' notice is that their wealth depends on the health of the world economy.

The price of oil is dropping like a stone.

Last week the NY Times had a story about 1st generation Indian Americans going back to India to work, as the US economy slowed. That was before Mumbai. Mick noted the sophisticated weaponry the 10 terrorists used. Sec. Rice gave a very thinly veiled warning to Pakistan.

--crossposted at Anatreptic

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