Bin Laden did to the Taliban the same thing that Japan did to the Germans on December 7, 1941.
Just as Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor doomed the Germans in Europe, Bin Laden's attack on the World Trade Center doomed the Taliban and probably the Palestinians.
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When British Prime Minister Churchill was informed of the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, his response was "So, We win after all". What will be the eventual result of the attacks on September 11, 2001?
The latest results are:
The World Trade Center sealed the fate of all Islamic Radicals just as Pearl Harbor sealed the fate of all of the fascists including the Nazis. (48.9%)
There will not be a conclusive result. (27.5%)
America will eventually give in to the Islamic Radicals. (2.1%)
No opinion. (21.6%)
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Many think that the eventual result of the attacks that occurred on September 11 will in be as significant terms of Middle East geopolitics as Pearl Harbor was on the outcome of World War II.
Bin Laden's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon will likely result in the exact opposite of what the Islamic Radicals would like to see occur in the Middle East.
Palestinians and the Taliban, even though they may not be directly involved with the Islamic Radicals, per se, are perceived to be at least allies of them. Just as the Germans were not involved with the attack on Pearl Harbor but were allies of the Japanese. Thus, Bin Laden may have given Israel and the anti-Taliban Afghans the same thing that Yamamoto gave to Churchill on December 7, 1941.
In 1941 most Germans had very little interest in Japan's issues with the United States. The Germans were not involved with the attack on Pearl Harbor but were allies of the Japanese. The attack on Pearl Harbor was an attempt to prevent American from interfering with Japan's agenda in the Orient.
Even though the Palestinians and Taliban may not be directly involved with the Islamic Radicals who attacked the World Trade Center, they are perceived to be at least allies of them. Likewise, the Germans were not involved with the attack on Pearl Harbor but were allies of the Japanese.
Thus, when British Prime Minister Churchill was informed of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor his response was "So, We win after all".
Israel should have a similar attitude. Just as Pearl Harbor sealed the fate of all of the fascists including the Nazis, the World Trade Center probably sealed the fate of all Islamic Radicals.
A significant minority of the poll participants thinks that there will not be a conclusive result to America's war on terrorism.
An extremely small number think that America will eventually give in to the Islamic Radicals.
Presumably giving in to Islamic Radicals would involve acquiescing to the wishes of the Palestinians and the Taliban.
However, most of those who have opinions on the likely outcome see a victory over the Islamic Radicals as complete as the victory over the Axis powers in 1945.