Let's speculate what the cost of 9/11 was on the American economy and American people. Might as well factor that cost into the rest of the world affected by the attack. What price tag would you place in the event of September 11th?

Now let's speculate the cost of similar events that could have taken place on our shores and have taken place in other countries. We can speculate that the war has disrupted the Al Quadia operations and killed many terrorists thus preventing further attacks at home.

Fact is Radical Islam is on a mission which History has shown to have taken place many times by people of the same mindset and motives. Like it or not we are committed to being in that region and with Pakistan in crisis we are in a better position to protect our interests.

Anyhow...There is a lot of speculation going on in this thread.