The Statue of Liberty is re-opened

and it is about time.

There was a fair amount of criticism of this today. The critics were near-unanimous in their complaints: Manhattan is on an increased terror alert and we are re-opening a famous landmark?

A reasonable question (although often not asked in a reasonable manner).

But a relatively light study of Al Queda and the writings of bin Ladin answer this: they are not interested in our landmarks.

So what are they interested in? [Stop reading if you want to sleep well tonight.]

They want to hurt us. Badly. So badly that we are incapable of interfering in what they consider to be their business. So the only reason they would go after a major landmark that has no strategic (governmental or financial) value that would severely impact our ability to pay attention to international events...is if it is intended to be a distraction while they attempt to hit their real target.