Re: Structural failure of NY's WTC

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

At 09:47 AM 9/17/01 -0700, Paul O. Johnson wrote:

> I'm afraid he and his fellow bottom feeders were pleasantly surprised at
> the extent of the devastation they caused.

Much evidence suggests otherwise.  Let's not make the mistake of
underestimating the enemy's skill and/or motivation level.

Here's a quote from
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/11/newyork-tradecenter.htm

The 1993 Trade Center
> > bombing was designed to topple the two towers like dominoes, kill 250,000
> > people and convince Americans they were at war, according to a Secret
> > Service agent who helped interview alleged bombing mastermind Ramzi
> > Yousef in 1995.
> >
> > FBI evidence in that case also included a document calling for
> > destruction of the "towers of the West." The unsigned statement, found in
> > the home of convicted terrorist El-Sayyid Nosair, said the bombing was
> > meant to demoralize the enemy by "blowing up the towers that constitute
> > the pillars of their civilization."
> >
> > The document continued: "In this way God's enemies will keep busy
> > rebuilding their fortress and refurbishing their morale... (They) will at
> > that moment find themselves in a state of extreme psychic weakness as a
> > result of what they see all around, because the forces they were relying
> > upon will be in ruins and total destruction."