Good analysis. My impression is that the people in charge of the US right now are smart enough to already be aware of such matters, and are acting accordingly.
I wish I shared your confidence but I don't. Our planners think they are highly createive to come up with the "Green Beret Brass Band" option charging around the Hindu Kush, they are not going to put their assets where they will count: the train platforms and subway stops and bakeries and libraries of Europe, South Asia and so on.
The real enemies are W.O. Gentlemen who enjoy the freedom of travel in the West, incognito, under their business, official and NGO cover. It is time to kill them all, no more free ride, no more Marquis de Queensbury rules, no more taking advantage of lax security and open societies while they plan and assist terrorism. Kill them all.
Make talking to terrorists or dealing with them in any way a fatal illness.
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