Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

"Robert J. Kolker" wrote:

> > So the evil Muslims will cleverly smuggle an army into the Frankische Wald
> > (sneaking through all the lands in between) and then conduct war in there,
> > talking care not to leave the protection of the forest.
> How about terrorist acts against infrastructure, especially in large
> cities. Perhaps a hijacked airliner crashes into the Eifel Tower. Think
> on 9/11 and wake up!

So why haven't they done that already? Besides, you can hardly ruin the
EU by flying a plane into the Eiffel tower. You'd need to occupy the EU,
which would require a top-line expeditionary force numbering millions,
and there simply is no such force anywhere in the world, even in the US. 

-JJ