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Fri, Oct 17th 2008, 01:45

Patrick Edwin Moran, Wake Forest University, Platinum Contributor (201)

An attack that removed a particularly well functioning individual from the U.S. pool of national leaders would promote the selection of a hawk as President. A hawk President could more easily manipulated into making attacks on supposedly critical al Qaida positions, and those attacks might well involve heavy civilian casualties. Another breeder-incubator for al Qaida recruits would be greatly welcomed by Osama bin Laden. The cost:benefit ratio for a single assassination is a factor that makes the next three weeks a window of opportunity that we all must seek to keep closed.

The U.S. would be in a more secure position if its population were highly educated with regard to world affairs, and highly disciplined as individuals in their reactions to crisis situations.