Z, you really have a knack for weaving topics together. But isn't the problem one of guessing who to go after rather than having a more lethal weapon at your disposal? You just know that there will be lots of added security at all bus stations, train depots. Not just in Spain.

Next they, who ever “they” are, may use fuel hauling trucks or quarter mile long tankers. And then there will be security at every truck stop, fuel transfer point, harbor. Then maybe power plants, military air ports.....bridges, and even sports arenas as future targets. Can these gruesome acts ever really be stopped or even slowed down given current approaches? I shudder at the possibilities.

Part of how the USA beat the former USSR was to spend them into the ground. This tactic simply isn’t gonna work because there is no one to compete against on that front. Because of the US war on terror we appear to have taken on more debt than in recent past. Will a continuation of this approach do anything but spend US into the ground? Of course, what is even more lethal is if we do nothing.

It’s not a case of having a bigger gun, boldly and arrogantly going on someone else's turf, or even some bone-head students going on a field trip to lend a soft hand. The solution, like the problem, needs to change the rules – perhaps include top down cooperation between nation states..............

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