Beckel is a typical Leftist dolt. Throughout the 1990's, when Beckel's boy Clinton was in office, the jihadists hit us often. The first WTC bombing, the Khobar Towers, the embassy bombings, the USS Cole, the Egyptian airliner crash, and multiple other smaller hits. Isn't it interesting how, since GWB took us to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have not been hit anywhere else other than in the war zones?
You're right. The odds are we'll be hit again at some point, but that "dumb Cowboy" from Texas must be doing something right.
Not to mention all the crazed jihadis in the thousands we're offing that would otherwise be free to wreak havoc HERE. I think of all the available talent we've put in the ground in Iraq alone, and if for no other reason than decreasing the jihad pool this has been a resounding success, IMO.