That was a great read.
He seemed to be a bit pro-war at times, indicating the anti-war crowd to be the ones to blame for whatever lack of success could be proposed. I think the US is built on freedom of thought, without those in dissent, many prior wars are somewhat devalued.
I would also argue that the war really started before 9-11, it is just more official in political rhetoric now.
Outstanding points on the ideology behind Al Quada. They have not been successful in war terms. I also believe he is correct in his assessment of the Bush administration failing to properly execute a PR validation for the Iraq war.
And our homeland security is unique to this war, it will never be safe, anyone who believes so in this day and age really isn't seeing the big picture. The only plausible security strategy would involve foreign affairs change, and by now it is rather evident that the US is planted pretty firmly within the middle-east for some time now.
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