The inestimable Charles Krauthammer nails another one. \u00a0No we did not go crazy after 9\/11 and create our own self-perpetuating climate of fear.<\/p>\n
There was a terrorist threat before Al Qaeda, and there will still be one after it, but make no mistake — AQ is dying, and we killed it.<\/p>\n
Al-Qaeda, uninvited, came out to fight us in Iraq, and it was not just defeated but humiliated. The local population \u2014 Arab, Muslim, Sunni, under the supposed heel of the invader \u2014 joined the infidel and rose up against the jihadi in its midst. It was a singular defeat from which al-Qaeda never recovered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We have achieved successes that are more impressive the more you know about the problem. \u00a0And that in itself is a huge problem–to those who know nothing, it appears we have wasted lives, time, and money with little to show for it.<\/p>\n
9\/11 was our Pearl Harbor. This time, however, the enemy had no home address. No Tokyo. Which is why today\u2019s war could not be wrapped up in a mere four years. It was unconventional war by an unconventional enemy embedded within a worldwide religious community. Yet in a decade, we largely disarmed and defeated it, and developed the means to continue to pursue its remnants at rapidly decreasing cost. That is a historic achievement.<\/p>\n
via The 9\/11 \u2018overreaction\u2019? Nonsense. – The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the whole thing.<\/p>\n
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There was a terrorist threat before Al Qaeda, and there will still be one after it, but make no mistake — AQ is dying, and we killed it.<\/p>\n
Al-Qaeda, uninvited, came out to fight us in Iraq, and it was not just defeated but humiliated. The local population \u2014 Arab, Muslim, Sunni, under the supposed heel of the invader \u2014 joined the infidel and rose up against the jihadi in its midst. It was a singular defeat from which al-Qaeda never recovered.<\/p>\n
We have achieved successes that are more impressive the more you know about the problem. \u00a0And that in itself is a huge problem–to … Continue reading