[francisandbeans]

Dude...take some Ritalin. If you are finding reds under my beds of caution, then you're mistaken. If you want to go ahead and claim victory now, be my guest...I trust in our Pesident and his excellent cabinet officers to keep thier eyes on the prize here. bin Laden is sitting idle, waiting for complacity...don't give it to him. This is not an easy battle....right now, saying anything other than "so far-so good" is premature and could be dangerous.

[Coop]

I agree with your cautionary note. I applaud the adminstration's foreign policy victories, but I'm concerned their military strikes (having taken so long) may be less than effective. But I'm also not privy to a lot of info, so I'm hopeful they know what they're doing and will seriously attempt to decapitate these terrorist organizations.

[liberallarry]

Bin Laden comes from an enormously wealthy family of international businessmen. His family is close to the Royals, which means he's grown up to the intricacies of international high finance. That the terrorists sold short prior to the attack shows he's learned his lessons well.
There are also pictures of him in London in his teens so he has at least some first-hand knowledge of the West.
Yet Naom Chomsky quotes interviewer Robert Fisk as agreeing with the author of this article - that bin Laden doesn't know the West and has no interest in it.
While the author may be right in saying that bin Laden's ideological biases may have blinded him to reality, I find his generalities and conclusions too sweeping for comfort.