Stupid Terrorists

Sometimes you have to wonder why the terrorist organizations are still as strong as they are. Some of the people they recruit are just stupid. Take those guys they contained in Miami a few weeks ago. If i remember correctly, they called themselves "Peaceful Soldiers of Allah" and later claimed they study Bible Scripture daily. They obviously werent very well organized, obviously not too bright, and weren't even sure of what radical religious readings they followed.

More recently, yesterday a plot to blow up the tunnels leading onto Manhattan was uncovered and spoiled. Now, that in itself is a significant because it showed there was cooperation between the US and Labanon in uncovering and arresting the people responsible for the planning of this attack.
But lets talk about what they thought was going to happen if they were to succeed in blowing up the tunnels. They are reported as saying they thought flooding the tunnels would flood manhattan island. Theres a some problems with this:
Manhattan is above sealevel (unlike New Orleans)
Manhattan Island's bedrock is some of the hardest and most stable there is in the world. It would be way more likely that the sea level rising would cause the flooding, as opposed to manhattan sinking. It is why manahattan is able to physically support the massive construction they have without sinking (unlike cities such as Venice, New Orleans, Mexico D.F., etc)
These folks obviously didnt do their homework.

Thankfully, they were caught before enacting their plan, and kudos to the Lebanese and US intelligence workers that are resposible for foiling the plot; it would have still cause major headaches for the millions of people working on Manhattan, but it would have been attack that we are capable of overcoming.