I guess I don't understand the logic. If Al Qaeda operatives are looking to infiltrate our political apparatus, then 9-11 was a catastrophic mistake. The number of Al Qaeda and their sympathizers arrested or deported since 9-11 pretty much destroyed that strategy, if it ever existed.
Incredibly, in spite of 9-11 - and with the help of C.A.I.R. and President Bush's love affair with "the religion of peace" - infiltration is no longer necessary. Islam is going to be as American as apple pie before these idiots are through, and how dare anyone question the loyalties of a politician just because he's Islamic. We're already there today, so...
IMHO, there are two different fields of play: 1) Al Qaeda, the terrorist group, which has no use for political systems and no sympathy for fellow Muslims who may die because of their actions, and 2) domestic groups that are sanitizing Islam through the press, and a political/social system that has been cowered into a fatal kind of moral relativism which dares not call a spade a spade, and expects no accountability from those peacable Muslims who have the grave responsibility of silencing the demonic clerics who preach death and destruction.
It's my belief that these two phenomena are acting independently of each other, but benefiting from each other's actions, just the same. So, color me skeptical of the notion that there won't be any more attacks on American soil. Bin Laden and Zawahiri are not receiving their marching orders from C.A.I.R. and al-Jazeera.
I will deal w/ yr. very intelligent reply a little later (tonite) when I have time. It is a BIG, and fascinating subject, and not one for minds that do not understand or grasp how subtle the dynamic can be in this area: you are rare in that you DO grasp it. So I will try to elaborate later. Meanwhile, as a Zen Buddhist to a Conservative Catholic, I salute you.
I will deal w/ yr. very intelligent reply a little later (tonite) when I have time. It is a BIG, and fascinating subject, and not one for minds that do not understand or grasp how subtle the dynamic can be in this area: you are rare in that you DO grasp it. So I will try to elaborate later. Meanwhile, as a Zen Buddhist to a Conservative Catholic, I salute you.