9/11esque Targets in Beyond NYC/DC

Of course you can track what is going into the trucks...fertilizer and diesel...though that becomes problematic after a while. I suspect that one change might be that the US would be a LOT nastier in terms of retaliation against suspected supporters.
Inspecting trucks? Do you have any idea how many there are in the US, and how many normally carry some form of HazMat? When I was a medic we always considered the nightmare scenario a FedEx truck (you never know what's in those things...); you want to search/scan every package?

The Saudis got off very lightly (i.e. no consequences at all),

The Saudis always seem to get off lightly. They didn't get invaded by Iraq, they didn't get invaded by us... when was the last time something bad happened to them, anyway?
 
Assuming you want to kill as many Americans as possible, strike at the cultural icons most cherished by Americans, do it at the same time as the NYC and Washington attacks, and if you are limited to the use of hijacked airliners or other "non-WMD" means, choices are actually fairly limited at 9AM Eastern Time on a weekday morning.

Football and baseball stadiums are out because they would be empty. Maybe Walt Disney World in Florida, but theme parks father west would be largely empty. Planes would just bounce off Mt Rushmore. The Space Needle and Gateway Arch are local monuments of larger regional cities, but they are hardly symbolic of the US in general. I tend to think that a more expansive 9/11 attack would best merely aim at other targets in NYC and DC, the centers of US economic and political power. Maybe try to slam an airliner into President Bush's Crawford Ranch, hit the Las Vegas Strip (people are there at all hours - and they are godless sinners), the Sears Tower in Chicago, and something in Hollywood.
 
I'm not sure what the force would need to be to take down the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State, but if terrorists could accomplish it, can you imagine the mess it would make all the way down the Columbia Gorge? Would it rival the Missoula Floods of the Ice Ages?
 
Inspecting trucks? Do you have any idea how many there are in the US, and how many normally carry some form of HazMat? When I was a medic we always considered the nightmare scenario a FedEx truck (you never know what's in those things...); you want to search/scan every package?



The Saudis always seem to get off lightly. They didn't get invaded by Iraq, they didn't get invaded by us... when was the last time something bad happened to them, anyway?

I wasn't suggesting that the trucks be inspected, but keeping track of the fertilizer (diesel isn't practical) might be an option. Mass buys are already tracked to some extent.

As for the Saudis, they have used their money wisely, and bought politicians of both parties...this is the secret to their 'good luck'...sigh...
 
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