Oil is no longer as important geopolitically as it had seemed in 2001. If the US ties itself into knots over the illusory opportunity to have a excuse to control oil again, it would be even more foolish than the same thing had been in 2001.
Because how the US comported itself in the aftermath of 2001, the US would be unlikely to receive anything close to a similar level of sympathy, benefit of doubt, and thus freedom of action, as we received in 2001, even if NYC gets nuked.
So directly as a result of what we've done after 2001, we would have fewer opportunities to commit monsterous blunders in case of another quantum leap in terrorism against USA proper.
Because how the US comported itself in the aftermath of 2001, the US would be unlikely to receive anything close to a similar level of sympathy, benefit of doubt, and thus freedom of action, as we received in 2001, even if NYC gets nuked.
So directly as a result of what we've done after 2001, we would have fewer opportunities to commit monsterous blunders in case of another quantum leap in terrorism against USA proper.
