An Iraq Review and Did AQ Totally Blow It's Wad on 9/11

Victor David Hanson - a review of Iraq.

On a side note, I was listening to a radio program this weekend describing the Swiss authorities destroying advanced plans for a small sized nuclear devise confiscated way back in 2000 - long before 9/11. They were pretty sure the plans could have been sold/spread as part of the AQ Khan network to NoKo, Iraq, Iran, or anyone willing to pay for the information, including a terrorist organization.

In hindsight, maybe 50-100 years from now, it may seems like 9/11 was an enormous strategic blunder for Al Queda and the Islamicist movement, and although horrific, a wake up call for America that we were able to recover from.

I say this only because our efforts at non-proliferation were adequate at best prior to 9/11. Our failure to stop the Khan network revealed a frightening possibility. Imagine, in our slumber, had AQ been able to secure a nuclear devise. Or if Iran, Iraq , or the Taliban had their hands on one or a couple. We'd be dealing with a terrorist organization who hated our guts that also possessed a deterrent threat.

With Al Queda down in the dumps, it appears they may have blown their wad too soon, supporting the argument that autocratic organizations eventually collapse under their own stupidity.