heh, they think they're terrorism would make us too economically weak to retaliate.
They DO realise that we have about 500 Minuteman IIIs that can be launched at the push of a button.
And all we have to do is tell Russia we found evidence linking the Chechens to Al Quaeda and they will send about 500 more nukes at the mid east.

If the arabs want full out war they will quickly find that their deserts have been turned into highly polished glass. But they'll be too dead to care