Because it's speculative, I'm not willing to accept the lack of further attacks on US soil as indicative of, well, anything. I'm much more concerned about attacks on the US Constitution from within the Executive (and in the case of Cheney, the Super-executive) branches of govt!
What about the idea that the U.S. having a semi-permanent position in the Middle East will do more than any other thing to drive recruitment numbers UP for Al Qaeda? Seems self-defeating to locate a Giant Machine whose main byproduct is populist/religious/nationalist uprisings. How can we grind them down if our very presence creates ever more legions of people to be ground down?
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Date: 4/13/08 11:11 pm (UTC)What about the idea that the U.S. having a semi-permanent position in the Middle East will do more than any other thing to drive recruitment numbers UP for Al Qaeda? Seems self-defeating to locate a Giant Machine whose main byproduct is populist/religious/nationalist uprisings. How can we grind them down if our very presence creates ever more legions of people to be ground down?