[VOA]

No Major al-Qaida Ability Seen in U.S.

So I guess the Democrats are right to say it's time to bring all the troops home.

IIRC, our intelligence community didn't see the end of the Soviet Union
until chunks of The Berlin Wall were hitting them on the head.
So, I don't expect them to be perfect at detecting a group that
thrives on secrecy and leaderless cells.
And has demonstated a resiliency to keep coming back at targets
no matter how long it takes...e.g., the World Trade Center.

[Mr_Moonlight]

So I guess the Democrats are right to say it's time to bring all the troops home.

Sort of like the attitude of the left that says: "Crime is way down in NYC, so we don't need all these Cops around anymore ...."
/sarc