Every time a major holiday comes around I can't help but wonder in the back of my mind if terrorists will strike somewhere, somehow. Christmas seemed a big target considering the importance it holds for Christians. New Year's eve with a million people all crammed into New York City also would be a tempting target. Despite all those worries about dirty bombs and chemical attacks nothing has happened. We have been safe and sound on U.S. soil since 9/11. So I'll ask the question.... Why? Is it because we now have a Department of Homeland Security or a 9/11 commission report? Is it because we stand guard on our boarder and ports and leave nothing to chance? Or is it because our President has very quietly made the ultimate threat and is willing to back it up? Dr. Jack Wheeler, creator of an acclaimed intelligence website claims he knows exactly the reason why Bin Laden and his cronies has not attacked again. The U.S. has threatened to nuke the Muslim holy city of Mecca should the terror leader strike America again. The Bush administration has identified the potential of wiping Mecca off the map as Bin Laden's ultimate point of vulnerability and seek to exploit that weakness. I've tried to get some type of confirmation on this and have found White House NSC (National Security Council) members become very quite at even the mention of it. I don't like putting things out there that I can not confirm, but it is interesting to note after all the threats, we have gone over three years without a single terrorist attack on American soil. Wheeler supports this theory saying, "Completely obliterating the terrorists' holiest of holies, rendering what is for them the world's most sacred spot a radioactive hole in the ground is retribution of biblical proportions and those are the only proportions that will do the job. Osama would have laughed off such a threat, given his view that Americans are wussies who cut and run after a few losses, such as Lebanon in 1983 and Somalia in 1993. Part of Bush's rationale for invading Afghanistan and Iraq, obviously never expressed publicly, was to convince Osama that his threat to nuke Mecca was real. Osama hates America just as much as ever, but he is laughing no more." Wheeler says Bin Laden is "playing poker with a Texas cowboy holding the nuclear aces, so there's nothing al-Qaida could do that could come remotely close to risking obliterating Mecca. So far, Osama has decided not to see if GW is bluffing. Smart move."
Is it true? Would he do it? All I know is the stakes have never been higher.
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