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He basically characterizes it as a war of attrition. The other side knows America will get scared if 'too many' of its soldiers gets killed.

You see that manifesting itself now - most Americans don't think it is worth it, and 4 or 5 dead soldiers a day will only make more Americans skittish.

The fact is that too many Americans don't have the stomach for an extended conflict. That's too bad - an extended conflict will come to their doors in time. Until then, more will want to cut and run.

The Islamists know us better than we know ourselves: America is a paper tiger, weighed down by its weakest members rather than held aloft by its strongest. Americans like quick, destructive military conflicts, and like it to be as impersonal as possible. We have the technology to overwhelm the enemy, but not the will. And that will is diminishing daily.

The other side doesn't have the technology, but it does have the will. They can outlast us as long as we don't engage them fully and forcefully.

The typical American wants to go back to watching their Sunday football game, watching Desperate Housewives, sneaking some sex with a loose secretary, or an afternoon dalliance with that hunky UPS guy. The typical American is not anywhere near as conservative as the average Freeper. The typical American can't cope with an extended conflict - historically they only will do that when they have to.

The variables have not aligned (yet) to the point where they have to.

Dude, he plays the oldest cards in the book:

A)Give people someone or something to hate.

B)Provide seemingly common sense solutions to highly complex problems.

It's the lowest form of pandering. It's only a matter of time before some lunatic takes his cynical ravings seriously and someone gets hurt. Like the DJ in Fisher King.