Roger,

I realize this is only tangentially related to the original post, but I thought your commentariat might like to chew on a question that I’ve been pondering since Monday. That is, why is NO one questioning the choice of the IMF/World Bank complex in DC as a prime AQ target? Yes, the buildings are IN Washington, but they are NOT American targets per se, just as the French or Israeli embassies in DC are not technically “American” soil. Having lived in the DC area until very recently and having known a number of people who work/worked in these buildings I can assure you, US citizens make up a minority of employees there.

So, the question that remains unasked (thus unanswered) by the geniuses in our major media outlets is WHY AQ is interested in blowing up THESE buildings/people? I’m not holding my breath, so I thought you all might like to join me in some rank, amateurish guesswork.