As I've said before, the terrorists are not evil geniuses; they're just evil. If they could figure out a way to hit us, they would have. They want to kill us all. But there are miles to go before that goal is realized. The breach between intent and action is sometimes like the great gulf betwixt galaxies. Our job is to remain vigilant and offer them the fewest possible chances to render harm, while carrying our great civilization forward-- that, in the end, will be our victory, not some amorphous clouded banner raised above the din of a distant battlefield.
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: ". . .There's a good article in this month's Atlantic by James Fallows on where we stand in the War on Terror. It's a good semi-contrarian take on the question, the upshot of which is that over the last five years we've actually damaged al Qaida much more deeply than is commonly realized. With all the caveats about what can happen tomorrow, the consensus of the terrorism experts interviewed by Fallows was that al Qaida's ability launch 9/11 style attacks on the US has been very badly damaged. That's not widely understood or appreciated because it's not in either political party's interest to have this be known . . ."
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