So how, Behe asked, could such a complex system have evolved, if the only method available was random variation plus natural selection?
It would be impossible to believe that the entire series of steps in the complex system could randomly appear all at once. But any one step along the way, since it does nothing by itself, could not give the organism that had it any competitive advantage. So why would each of those traits persist and prevail long enough for the complex system to fall into place?
That's way too logical for the evolution crowd.