[kellynla]

Good read! And this is why...Marc A. Thiessen held senior positions in the Pentagon and the White House from 2001 to 2009, most recently as chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

[mewzilla]

Snort. We’re our own worst enemy now. Who the heck needs al Qaeda? All the Islamists will need to do is sit back and watch while we implode. They won’t have to lift a finger. Best part for them is that we will have done it to ourselves.

[ryan71]

They didn’t think AQ was such a threat a couple months ago. Wonder why?

[ontap]

Ironic thing is when these bastards finally get their hands on a nuke it will most likely be the liberals in the northeast or on the west coast who they will use it on. I wonder how they will feel about the military cut backs then.

[gorilla_warrior]

Why would al Qaeda spend the effort when the liberal fascists under Obama are already doing such a great job destroying the American economy?

[nuconvert]

“Yes, the 9/11 attacks did cost America billions of dollars — but our resilient free-market economy replaced every lost job within a few years. We would similarly recover from any other attack Al Qaeda might pull off.”

Eventually. But things are a lot different now

[this is my country]

All this means that now is no time for President Obama to begin dismantling the institutions President Bush put in place to keep America safe. Obama needs to recognize that, at this moment, somewhere in the world, the terrorists are watching the economic turmoil in our country -- and planning an attack they believe will bring our economy to its knees. In the face of this danger, America must not let down its guard.

I fear it is too late. The only thing the LA Times can do for me is to release that tape they withheld of Obama attending a dinner with his terrorist friends.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

One of jihad’s major objectives is to take Pakistan, a nuclear state.
IMO the West is already so softened up, the islamofascists are likely to succeed, and soon.

[adorno]

The lack of another catastrophic attack on the United States, combined with the massive defeat terrorists have suffered in Iraq, sends a message to the Muslim world that Al Qaeda is losing its war with America. The terrorists need to pull off something spectacular to prove that they are still a force and a threat.

The terrorists don't need to pull off any spectacular attacks against the U.S.; not here nor abroad.

Without firing a single shot or setting off any bomb in the U.S., the terrorists received the biggest win ever with the election of Obama in November. Likewise, with democrats in control of both houses of congress, Al-Qaeda doesn't need to worry about the U.S. coming after them anytime soon.

With a weakened economy and with Obama and the democrats promising to cut Pentagon spending, our military won't have the capacity to strike back at the terrorists after an attack on U.S. interests abroad, or even on our land.

And, the terrorists aren't the only enemy that's being uplifted by the Obama victory and our weakened economy. Iran and Russia and Chavez, for example, are coming after us with renewed vigor and stronger commitments.

With Obama and democrats in control, our responses to any aggression by the terrorists and other enemies will be to pull back and not cause our enemies to grow angrier. We, after all, don't want to "create more enemies" like we did after the 9/11 attacks.

Besides, Obama and the democrats don't want any kind of incident to turn their attention away from their attempts to finally "socialize" the entire economy and government. First things first.

[stylin19a]

The terrorists' ambitions are shaped by their experience fighting the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

huh ? Soviets were in Afghanistan 78-89. those are some old terrorists.

[HwyChile]

“All this means that now is no time for President Obama to begin dismantling the institutions President Bush put in place to keep America safe.”

It's a little too late for the left to start calling for Obama to leave Bush's evil protections in place. I think they know that we are going to get hit without those protections and Obama will get the blame for dismantling those protections and Bush will get a lot of overdue credit. The people will also see that all the media rants about Bush's war on terror policies were way off base and wrongheaded.

It may take a terrorist strike or two against us to turn the people against the democrats, and the democrats are helping that happen by undoing Bush's terrorist policies. Let's face it, the democrat foreign policy is going to get us all killed eventually.

[Deo volente]

Our Treasury Department is doing a far better job of destroying the economic infrastructure of the United States than al-Qaeda could ever hope to do.

[Gorzaloon]

"Bin Laden believes that Al Qaeda can bring about the economic collapse of the United States -- and to achieve this goal, he has ....Gotten his own candidate elected.

[Vendome]

This is a set up to dodge the responsibility of the US Government and their over commitment of treasury funds and the failure of a fiat system that was never ratified.

The Treasury was established with the 16th ammendment which failed ratification of 2/3 by two (2) states. That's right the 16th amendment is as much a fraud as Obama.

[The_Reader_David]

Will people stop being so incredulous when the L.A. Times prints a good solid story? They do this regularly. Yes, I know, in terms of local California politics they are reliably in the tank for the Dhimmicrats. But from being the only U.S. media outlet to debunk the breathless Clinton administration claims of ‘genocide’ in Kosovo while the air campaign was going on (Agence France Press was the only other major media outlet to do so), to the present story, I can’t recall how many time FReepers have posted incredulity that the L.A. Times got something right.

No other major metro daily gets that reaction so often here. I can’t recall any “OMG! the NY Times, or Chicago Tribune, or Boston Globe or (fill in any major paper other than the L.A. Times)” comments, but there have been lots for the L.A. Times.

I think they must have the last editorial staff who actually value objective reporting and diversity of opinion. They may be almost all leftists to a man, but for that continued commitment to actual journalism, the L.A. Times deserves kudos.