Ahh, but then that increases their carelessness. However, I don't expect that kind of abandon soon, OBL has displayed great patience in the development and executions of AQ attacks.
"OBL has displayed great patience in the development and executions of AQ attacks."
There is a reason they say someone is "running around like a chicken with its head cut off". Whether literally or figuratively, AQ has been pretty well decapitated. Even if UBL is still alive and operating, he is "cut off" to a large extent from active leadership. They are flailing, and as many blows as we are blocking, their volume and intensity, though careless, will eventually have a result. We have had an almost unbroken threat period since the end of last year. Sheer quantity is its own force multiplier.
It is "use it or lose it" for them. We are seeing this as the end of the beginning. They see this as the beginning of the end. It is a completely different mindset.