With the suggestion of a dirty bomb or even an improvised low yield nuclear weapon. Those could not only cause great death and destruction, but also leave and entire areas contaminated and uninhabitable for decades.
As well as the appalling death toll, you have to factor in the political and economic damage done.
Bush's wars
Curtailment of freedoms
Terrible time for airlines
Interest rate reductions that led to bad loans and a housing bubble then 2008.
Could these secondary effects be any worse?
Both the House and the Senate, as well as the entirety of the Supreme Court plus the Vice President were due to be present later that day for the Australian PM to give a speech before them all. Had they somehow hit that, literally the only person left in the Federal Government would've been President Bush and perhaps one or two cabinet members in a best case scenario.
It would have been relatively easy in the climate of the time to extend that use of force to Iraq
Maybe I'm just jittery after binging on a TL about a war with Iran...
But you don't suppose that Iran could be invaded alongside Iraq, do you?
well I added extra planes so all the spots are getting hitHm, without extra planes or different timing, would it have made a difference if Flights 77 and 93 had been swapped, so the Capitol was hit but the Pentagon wasn't?
no that generally only applies to asb I haven't every seen a thread in non asb get locked for mass death scenario and if I said every single plane is suddenly carrying tsar bombs and the terriost become mind-numbing death killing super soldiers then this would get lockedI thought these types of threads weren't allowed?
Yes, mass death scenarios are not allowed, especially in ASB, but intelligent discussion of REAL mass death scenarios (9/11) is fine. We can talk about how four planes could more damage. We can talk about why the worst scenarios were not practical. We can talk about ten planes. We can also talk about how fragile the plans were and how the damage could be minimalized.I thought these types of threads weren't allowed?
none non thought mass death scenario are not allowed, for example everyone everyone in russia becomes a psychopathYes, mass death scenarios are not allowed, especially in ASB, but intelligent discussion of REAL mass death scenarios (9/11) is fine. We can talk about how four planes could more damage. We can talk about why the worst scenarios were not practical. We can talk about ten planes. We can also talk about how fragile the plans were and how the damage could be minimalized.
I'm aware of that, but it doesn't answer my question.well I added extra planes so all the spots are getting hit
Hm, without extra planes or different timing, would it have made a difference if Flights 77 and 93 had been swapped, so the Capitol was hit but the Pentagon wasn't?
probably the military heart would be fine so prob the aftermath actions might be quickerI'm aware of that, but it doesn't answer my question.
A much smaller plane, with a single pilot, could have knocked it down.So there wasn't really that politicians in the Capitol at the time?
Speaking of other targets, what would happen if the Statue of Liberty was one of the targets? Probably not much more death, but a huge cultural impact I imagine.