The author's meatheads are dishonest. Any one of us could come up with a list of a dozen or more social problems that we could say must be solved before attacking Iraq, or doing anything else.
If he is setting in a camp in Timbuktu he can be wiped out by an aerial attack with smart weapons. In the United States, he can melt into the population and survive indefinitely until he has a chance to strike. Now tell me, if this isn't logical, what is wrong with this theory? If not, do you think that the terrorist is too stupid to figure this angle out?