Fear mongering?

Before reading this post, read this. Essentially, there's very credible evidence that Al Qaida has nuclear weapons inside the United States and ready to strike major cities at a moment's notice. Granted, it's from one source and can't exactly be considered fact or anything in that regard, but it's very probable.

The only blame I'm placing here on the administration is indeed their lack of wanting to seal the Mexico-US border. They've cracked down a bit, but it's very possible and very likely that enemies could sneak across bombs and other WMD-type devices undetected. We're said to be fighting terrorists abroad, but what's the use if terrorists are able to simply walk into the country? And, okay maybe not the only blame, but maybe they should start looking for bin Laden again, don't ya think? ;)

Anyhow, on the politics forum I frequent, there are a bunch of hypothetical threads about this. "What would happen as a result of a terrorist network detonating nukes in the US?" Just judging from 9/11, where a thousand or so were killed, patriotsm soared. Bush was at near 100% approval rating, everyone was looking for retaliation, etc. etc. If an entire city or cities are destroyed with the projected "4 million dead", I truly and honestly believe that a large majority of US citizens will immediately give up all freedom to the state while Bush (or whoever the president is as the time) is granted emergency dictatorial power. Since a terrorist organization rather than a sovereign country was responsible for this, we'd most likely wage full scale war against Iran, Pakistan, and Syria. The Middle East, with the exception of the Saudi Kingdom, would be levelled. On the home front, our economy would collapse, the world market would collapse, arrests would be made at whim, and most of all, Muslims would be persecuted and most likely executed without a care. Utter chaos would insue with another approximately 1 million dying as a result of our own government's will to stay in power.

In the following months, civil arrests will lessen, the economy would begin to stimulate again, and the US would resume its place in the world, albeit significantly looked down upon based upon recent attrocities to its own civilians. The newly formed European State will take charge as the forerunner of world politics, while the US remains almost wholly in isolation. The US will not, however, succomb to changing its domestic policy as the position of president will remain the sole absolute leader of the country. The US will then continue growing and spreading its influence and domestic policy among other countries until its empire encompasses that of 1/4 of the entire world. The colonies made will eventually rebel leading to more and more of a tightening grip by the centralized federal government until finally, 250 or so years after the empire reached its apex, it will crumble from the inside.

A lot of that was taken and combined from previous imperial histories, though quite honestly, I will not be surprised if that is the path the US will eventaully take. Every civilization will collapse. All it takes is a chain of events and some costly mistakes. It's really funny what stuff you can learn from history.