Fareed Zakaria, the terrorist loving journalist that he is, claims we over reacted to 9/11.

“Nine years after 9/11, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is simply not that deadly a threat? Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden’s terror network has been unable to launch a single major attack on high-value targets in the United States and Europe. While it has inspired a few much smaller attacks by local jihadis, it has been unable to execute a single one itself. Today, Al Qaeda’s best hope is to find a troubled young man who has been radicalized over the Internet, and teach him to stuff his underwear with explosives.

I do not minimize Al Qaeda’s intentions, which are barbaric. I question its capabilities. In every recent conflict, the United States has been right about the evil intentions of its adversaries but massively exaggerated their strength. In the 1980s, we thought the Soviet Union was expanding its power and influence when it was on the verge of economic and political bankruptcy. In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.”

Yada, yada, yada. Same old crap we’ve been hearing from the anti Bush crowd for years. I think that Newsweek would be suffering enough readership problems without letting El Zakaria a moment at the keybord. That he cites notable leakers and freakers Dana Priest and William Arkin and that Larry Johnson gives him a high five tells you all you need to know. Perhaps that’s the point to get links and readers by pissing them off.

Of course is simply no defense of this drivel, but it’s typical for Zakaria. Using a lame argument that the lack of acts means no activity. There were plenty of gaps throughout the 90s that led to 9/11, but I digress into facts.

Quite frankly our reaction to 9/11 was stellar by that Zakaria’s reasoning. Nine years without an attack? Had we taken the Zakaria approach we may have seen an attack every 3-4 years perhaps earlier. But then it would have been no big thing as these would have been “Troubled young men who have been radicalized over the Internet” with bulging underwear.

What pisses the Zakaria’s of the world off is just how successful our “over reaction” was.

It’s little wonder this doof’s CNN show is near to being wacked by CNN because it’s ratings suck. Except of course in the middle east where I’m sure Bin Laden has it pipped into his cave to enjoy while reading his Newsweak.

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