FRIEDMAND ASKS IN THE NYTIMES....WHY NO ATTACKS BY OSAMA......?
Actually there is a more elegant way to look at the lack of further attacks by Osama...... Simply this:
Osama doesn't want to make trouble for Muslims currently living in America..... There are huge amounts of Muslim money invested in American businesses, in everything from professional practices to convenience stores and gas stations.
It is possible that Osama's attack on America was really an attack on American Jews, and the Israeli Lobby's influence in the US...... Sort of a warning shot across the bow, saying, in essence, we (Muslims) are HERE. And we count for something....get used to it.
In that sense, the 911 attacks were more like a Mob Hit between BIG MONEY interests who have "investments" in the US economy; than it was an "attack on Americans." Or an attack on the American system per se.
Very likely the Radical Muslims hate Jews more than they hate Americans......
The WTC was, to the Arab mind, more of a symbol of Jews in America, than a symbol of America itself.... And the Pentagon was a symbol of American military support for Israel.
I realize that this is not the accepted viewpoint....but, as Friedman notes....THERE SIMPLY MUST BE A REASON BEHIND OSAMA'S FAILURE TO ATTACK AGAIN.......
