[philman_36]

Poking the sleeping giant America into swatting at cells of Muslim terrorists here and there was a first step...
Some of that swatting seems to have been effective, according to some reports. Whether it has been productive is another thing altogether. They could've been low priority decoy groups designed for the specific purpose of getting caught to lull us into complacency.
...allowing the terrorists to carry the corpses of muslim children supposedly "murdered" by the U.S. in the streets as recruiting posters on al jazeera.
The live muslims as well as those dead muslim children have a few of their own extremists to thank for their demise.
But, again, we have been unwilling to unleash the full force of our might, and we, as a country, have become more divided rather than more unified.
Do you mean politically or otherwise? I would agree on the politically divided, but I'd go with a 75-25 split on the WOT. Most seem to want payback. Another attack will only escalalte that desire and the extremists and liberals just don't realize it yet.
As you stated, and as they haven't realized yet...they've only poked this giant and we have been unwilling to unleash the full force of our might.
If they're foolish enough to attack us again on a large scale then, as Mr. T used to say...I pity the fool!
These are all just random thoughts...
As with you, just some random thoughts.

[Thrusher]

***Do you mean politically or otherwise? I would agree on the politically divided, but I'd go with a 75-25 split on the WOT. Most seem to want payback. Another attack will only escalalte that desire and the extremists and liberals just don't realize it yet.***
Politically yes, but more and more people are backing off the war. Less seem to realize that fighting the terrorists in Baghdad is muhc better than fighting them in Brooklyn.
***The live muslims as well as those dead muslim children have a few of their own extremists to thank for their demise.***
Absolutely.