Apropos, I think:
We have to foster reform in the Arab/Muslim world because it’s the only real way in the long run to make them stop trying to kill us.
— Steven Den Beste, July 2003
And this seems almost prophetic:
But does America have the stamina to finish the job? Yes.
Just barely, and only because of the genius of David Petraeus and the stubborn tenacity of one George W. Bush.