Hopefully a month from now people will say I was paranoid, a doom caller, a rabble rouser, but for now, this is how I feel things are going to go.
It should come as no surprise to most people that the US has a lot of enemies, deliberate / obvious (Iran, North Korea, Al-Qaeda etc..) and ones who are stealth about it or possible enemies (Saudi Arabia etc..). Al-Qaeda has also proven that they are willing to attempt their own “regime change”, just look at the Madrid, Spain commuter train bombing (March 11, 2004). Since it was linked to Al-Qaeda in response to Spain’s presence in Iraq, the election swung 180 degrees. A day before the party that supported Spanish troops in Iraq was ahead in the pools by a landslide and when the link was discovered, just in time for elections, the opposition side won by a landslide.
Terrorist organizations want Democrats in power. Republicans generally want to keep our troops in hotspots where the terrorists are working (Afghanistan etc.) but the terrorists don’t want this. They want to be able to roam the countryside freely (like they used to under Taliban rule). The election is still close, even though polls show Obama is in the lead, it is still very close.
So, I think Al-Qaeda’s plan is to commit an act that would swing the election away form the Republicans and strongly in the Democrat’s favor. How? A major attack on the US, something that would dwarf Sept 11, 2001. They would need to time it just right, long enough before the election to have the blame pinned on them and strike anger and fear into Americans but not long enough so that we are not voting in anger. So the most effective time for them to do this would be during the last week to week and a half during October (Oct 22 and on).
What event would strike at America during that time? There is one huge event going on then, the baseball World Series. Right now we know it will be in Philadelphia so that gives them time to prepare and games one and two will be in Philadelphia. This is an event that everyone could watch unfold on live TV. I don’t know the extent of this. Crash a plane into it? That’s how they did it on 9-11. I am scared to think of the alternative.
Back in the mid to late 1990s Russia (formerly known as the Soviet Union) reported that they were “missing” several suitcase nukes. Nuclear weapons that fit in two suitcases (the US had their own “backpack nukes”). Even though they’re small, you don’t need much to strike fear into the US. Just look at the movie “The Sum of All Fears”.
The really scary part is that a WMB strike during the world series would be considered a first strike so the US would have nothing restraining them from using nukes against those responsible. You can see how this could easily escalate into a huge global conflict.
The world economy is in shambles and the last time this happened was during the 1930s into he 1940s What stopped it? WWII. Depression and weak economies spawn wars and this is the strongest global recession / depression that the world has seen, ever.
I do pray a month from now that I have people posting comments “Ha ha, you were wrong”. Seriously, I do. But I do ask people here in the US, especially in Philadelphia, Boston, and Tampa, to pay attention. Note anything out of the ordinary, even report it if needed.