[Gothmog]

I agree with you, and I think, in conjunction w/ the Israeli homicide attack, public opinion is going to shift toward the 'screw the terrorists' side.

But, Raddatz has a nationwide TV audience, Steyn does not. Her little hit is going to have a larger effect and I predict the leftists will soon seize on her idea and repeat it -- giving it a much wider impact.

Of course, her charge has no merit. She might as well blame 9/11 on 'minorities worldwide feeling disaffected by the 2000 election.'

The terrorists were going to strike, and have been for months, whether Bush said 'bring it on' or not. But she leaves her audience with a much different opinion.

[My2Cents]

Therein is the problem....the typical ABC reporter may reach more people than Mark Steyn. But I thought it was interesting that last night, Britt Hume mentioned the "flypaper" strategy of attracting the Islamofascists to Iraq to take our our military, as opposed to having them concentrate on US soil. So, the theory is out there. And if this is indeed what the Administration's aim is, we'll be hearing more about it in the future to refute the babblings of ABC reporters. (One would hope.)