] What is clear is that al Qaeda is at a crossroads and -- ] like the United States in the spring of 2002 -- it does ] not have really good choices, and therefore, must choose ] the best of a bad lot. Al Qaeda's original war plan is ] obsolete. The straight line it drew from Sept. 11 to the ] Caliphate has hit a wall. Bin Laden knows it. He doesn't ] have a good Plan B, but he will have to cook one up ] anyway. The war is not over, but for the moment, it is al ] Qaeda's turn to sweat out a solution to a difficult ] strategic problem. If they can't do that, then the war ] could very well be over, at least for this generation. !!! Cook 'em all - let Allah sort 'em out. LB Al Q might be cooked... |