At the risk of actually getting some significant empirical data that verifies the author's premise, before knee-jerking negative response that is comforting to one's ideological orientation, posters here might consider reading the book.
Heh. Well, most don't even read the article as you well know. But it should be sufficient to ask posters to read the piece and comment thoughtfully.
Writers like this man, Noam Chomsky, and that fellow who wrote the book that Osama touted, the one that pointed to the USA's militarism as the source of all evil. They are all brilliant, spectacularly well-read, many facts at their disposal, able to put things together in a cogent way. Insightful? Yes, there is insight to be had from all three analysts. But there is one problem: they are kooks.