Comments on: It’s the Jihadists, Stupid http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/poliblog_its_more_complicated_than_just_al_qaeda/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:06:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Key Monk http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/poliblog_its_more_complicated_than_just_al_qaeda/comment-page-1/#comment-20864 The Key Monk Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:28:46 +0000 /?p=6997#comment-20864 <strong>Commission Report Roundup</strong> The press reports have noted that the Commission neither blames Clinton nor blames Bush, but does put a lot of blame on Congress for failure of oversight and on the CIA/FBI for failure of imagination. This is a political result -- don't blame the Pres... Commission Report Roundup
The press reports have noted that the Commission neither blames Clinton nor blames Bush, but does put a lot of blame on Congress for failure of oversight and on the CIA/FBI for failure of imagination. This is a political result -- don't blame the Pres...

]]> By: Joseph Marshall http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/poliblog_its_more_complicated_than_just_al_qaeda/comment-page-1/#comment-20861 Joseph Marshall Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:29:36 +0000 /?p=6997#comment-20861 You know, so many people seem impervious to the fact that Islamic hostility towards us goes back a lot further than 9/11/01. The real difference Al Queada has made is in the quality and intelligence of its leadership, particularly in terms of coordinating resources for attacks and of tactical acumen in carrying those attacks out. Leadership and planning on that level is scarce. (For example, all the reports coming out now about our "intelligence failures" indicate that we don't have a whole lot of it either.) We have always had much more to fear from Osama than, say, Zaccarias Moussoui. That is WHY it is so vitally important to interdict the known and proven leaders and worry less about the dispersal of the followers. You know, so many people seem impervious to the fact that Islamic hostility towards us goes back a lot further than 9/11/01.

The real difference Al Queada has made is in the quality and intelligence of its leadership, particularly in terms of coordinating resources for attacks and of tactical acumen in carrying those attacks out.

Leadership and planning on that level is scarce. (For example, all the reports coming out now about our "intelligence failures" indicate that we don't have a whole lot of it either.) We have always had much more to fear from Osama than, say, Zaccarias Moussoui. That is WHY it is so vitally important to interdict the known and proven leaders and worry less about the dispersal of the followers.

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