Al Qaeda Strikes Back

:thumbs: Good Post Ken, Bruce Riedel has assesed the situation in the Middle East fairly accurate imo.Al qadae's resources are immense and this war that they are fighting against the U.S. and it's allies is not nearly as expensive as what it cost for us to wage war against them. I have always believed it was important to secure Afghanistan first and set it as an example of what true democracy can do.Also to set Afghanastan up as an envy to the other fledging middle east countries as a solid example of what succesful capitalism can achieve.