I think so.
I AGREE.
You have stated it for more clearly than this author. I do not disagree with what I THINK is her premise, it's just that her style of writing leaves much to be desired.
This is not a diatribe designed to spawn hatred of any religion, it is merely an analysis of the times, trends and events that are affecting all our lives and the factors of which the world and the United States must be wary in order to be able to protect what few freedoms we have left (compared to the freedoms our forefathers enjoyed prior to World War I). Americans are notoriously ill-informed when it comes to the various threats to its people and its national security, finding enemies where there is little proof that they exist as such, and not finding enemies in nations or in ideologies that are capable of bringing down our nation and killing millions of our people.
Seeing that a great Majority of America's populace has seen WW-2 onward..one would have to rest in some surety that indeed..America does understand what is *Rotting in the other room.
2004 is turning out to be the year of the *Flip Flop ....maybe it has something to do with the Chinese year of the Monkey,
swing both ways...scratch and howl : )