Quote Originally Posted by Ronin13 View Post
Well, the Springs was a major target for our Soviet friends back in the 70's and 80's... that whole area is still a significant military target (Peterson, Carson, Shreiver, and not to mention NORAD). But I doubt that they'd really have the gall or capability to do any sort of conventional attack... watch for VBIEDs, SVBIEDs, and the ever famous ABIED (that's Aircraft Borne IED- see: 9/11) though. Even without the cartel tunnels, the border is so porous that they can't even tell who and how many are sneaking across daily.
That also doesn't go in line with their goals. They don't want to defeat us militarily because they know they can't even scratch the surface. They don't tend to think strategically/tactically anyway, this is a political campaign not a military one. They want to cause fear, panic and economic damage (and use those results to move US policy in their favor). That's why they knocked down the twin towers.

I'm going to look like an asshole for saying this, but in general a terrorist strike by ISIS on US soil is most likely going to help "our side" more than anything else. For several reasons:
  1. Its most likely going to be an attack in a coastal, leftist controlled city (NYC, Boston, DC, LA, maybe Chicago) and that will cause even more leftists to leave the left just like 9/11 did (I can think of a dozen prominent leftist celebs that are now on our side because of 9/11).
  2. Any attack on US soil is going to damage Obama politically, especially with all the Democrats that are having second thoughts about him now.
  3. Any clamping down on civil/constitutional rights after such an attack will only double the effect of #2.
  4. If the attacks kill people in government, if I'm right about point #1 the lion's share of them will be Democrats (maybe they'll get Big O in DC?).
  5. If there's even the slightest chance that the ISIS thugs came across the southern border then the debate over immigration and securing the border will be over ... nothing may get done (like usual) but the consensus will be with the right on this one.
  6. An attack on US Soil (I refuse to use the fascist term "homeland") will wake up more fence sitters and liberals that think Islam is not a threat and it will cause more of these people to buy guns thus strengthening the pro-gun ranks and hastening the reversal of recent gun laws here and in other states.


All that said I want to be clear, I DO NOT want an attack on US soil or on US assets abroad EVER AGAIN. But if (when) they happen I want to be realistic about their effects.