So his whole plan was to send the US financial institutions into disarray with his attack. More than 6 years later... ..."Mission Accomplished!"
Give credit where credit is due: Clinton (gave China MFN trading status) Greenspan (kept interest rates way too low for way too long; spoke lovingly of derivatives) Bush (nice 3 trillion dollar misadventure in Iraq, into a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 [I supported Afghanistan action]) Bernanke (need I even comment?)