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I was recently looking at the wikipage for the international response to the 9/11 attacks, and the thought occured to me that Wow, in this tragic event, the world grieved with us, and joined together in solidarity against groups that use these tactics against any nation they deem their enemy..

But then another thought occured to me. What if Al Qaeda decided instead to target, not just the US, but all the Western World and those who either benefit or are friendly with it? What if, instead of just an attack on US soil, AL Qaeda launched attacks on that same day across the world? Some of them to be sure might be small, but what if a few were just as devastating as the attack on the US? What would the world-wide reaction have been?

What I'm wanting to know really is, the following.

-How bad do you think it could have been if they went through with such a plan? No uber major succeses, assume some of the attempts fail. But also assume some don't.
-What sort of effect would this have on globalization, and the unity of the world?
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