Wednesday, October 17, 2001

 

Do you want fries with that?

I've read and heard several places that Osama bin Laden's MO is to engage in one form of terrorism, then switch tactics.

So far he's used the suicide pilots to "bomb" some of our most important buildings. For weeks we wondered what was next. But what came next wasn't the bombing of another building. He (whether or not the government is ready to confirm it yet) is behind the anthrax scare. I believe that the anthrax infestation will slow down within the next few days and, while we're waiting for the next case to appear, bin Laden and his cronies will be waiting for the next phase of the plan to take effect.

Until I read this article, I thought the theory my husband and I have on what's next is kind of out there on the edge. Our theory is that the terrorists will somehow target McDonald's. Why? It's what many other countries think of first (or at least in the top three, probably) when they think of America. McDonald's represents just about everything they hate about the United States.

The article I referred to says after the first bombings in Afghanistan crowds vandalized, stormed and blockaded McDonald's restaurant. In Indonesia, an American flag was burned outside a McDonald's. Pizza Hut, KFC and Coca-Cola have also been targets of anti-American sentiment.

I think this proves that our theory is at least on the right track. Maybe McDonald's won't be the next terrorist target, but I believe it's on the list.

posted by Anne 10/17/2001 11:13:00 AM