Forces of Good Take Lead

Fire of Liberty

Here's a great article by Gretchen Peters and Howard LaFranchi in the Christian Science Monitor that demonstrates how we are winning in the Global War on Terrorism and the al Qaedanics seem to be unable to get folks to adopt their death cult ideology. I guess when you target innocent civilians with car bombs and machine guns, you get such a reaction. Those threats about turning Los Angeles into another New Orleans or Osama appearing in soft flowing robes trying to appeal to the isolationistic right and wacky left of the West seems to be more hollow everyday these tapes mysteriously appear at some TV station in Pakistan or Qatar. Though they still pose a threat to our way of life, the actions on behalf of the US and its allies seem to have punctured one of the lungs of the Islamic extremist movement thus giving us a greater incentive to weather on in our fight against these forces of evil. I think my most favorite part in the article was this sound advice from Ralph Peters:

"Had the terrorists had any residual ability to strike in the US they would have done it in the wake of Katrina and with the 9/11 anniversary, but all they could do was make a tape," says Ralph Peters, a retired Army intelligence office and terrorism expert.

The real source of frustration for the Al Qaeda leadership, Mr. Peters says, is that "9/11 has backfired horribly on them. What's infuriating them is that they have failed to gain traction in the Muslim regions where they thought they would."

Just back from a swing through east Africa, Peters says he saw repeated signs of Al Qaeda's failure to raise anything beyond occasional individual interest.

"Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has not been able to excite a mass international movement," Peters says. "Their frustration, despite their occasional success at mounting a dramatic operation or inspiring other groups to do one, is that no matter what they do, on the broader scale they are unable to make progress."

I'd have to say that this news is really manna from Heaven, some four years after 9/11. One can only imagine what we could achieve in another four years. So carry on with the good work you gallant warriors and finish the rout of the enemies of civilization.