Louisville and Omaha deemed a bigger terrorist target

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by AlphaSigOU

Hey... don't forget that Omaha is headquarters for U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). Can't let the bastion of 'nu-cu-lar' command and control (and the home of Omaha Steaks) be stiffed in the handing out of homeland security funding!

That's really about half way between Omaha and Lincoln at Offut AFB isn't it?

As for picking the smaller targets, that may make some sense from a military standpoint, but not from a PR angle.

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

As for picking the smaller targets, that may make some sense from a military standpoint, but not from a PR angle.

True - the public reaction of hitting a high-profile or value target is also a strategic consideration in a terror campaign... but it depends on what the goal of the terror campaign is: to erode public support for a government's policies through fear, to provoke a "hard" response and escalation of the underlying conflict, to achieve specific goals through the elimination of specific targets, or just to inflict terror through atrocity without any long term goal.

[Tom Earp]

Offut is South Omaha!

Steaks, oh heck yes, Omaha Steaks via on line!