Because we can't behave ourselves and refrain from blowing them up, because they can't behave themselves and refrain from blowing us up, because bin Laden convinced some very gullible people that they could sleep with beautiful virgins if they would just go and blow stuff up
/me wonders what happens to female Muslim terrorists when they die... the only male virgins I can think of at the moment are D&D geeks - is that the reason most Muslim terrorists are men?
Seriously, you know what I was expecting to happen yesterday morning? Something along these lines:
We interrupt this program from an -- AIIIE! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!! I'M GETTING TO IT ALREADY!!! *sobs*
*** NEWS FLASH FROM AL-JAZEERA, NEW USA AFFILIATE ON FOX, CNN, NBC, ABC, AND CBS ***
We have planted a nuke in Washington, destroyed your government, and taken control of your broadcast media. Your country is now effectively under control of the Taliban. You should have destroyed us five years ago, but you did not. Foolish Americans. Ha ha ha. Surrender now or we will destroy the Sears Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Superdome, and one as yet unspecified target...
Well, actually they'd probably go and destroy the major targets first - they don't seem to be powerful enough to actually take control of the media yet. But maybe they're just biding their time, waiting for the *tenth* anniversary...
