AL QAEDA MOVING FOR LESS SPECTACULAR ASSAULTS

And all this time we thought al-Qaeda (al-Q) wanted to kill us. Well, they still do, but they now know they can kill us only in small numbers. So they have settled for inconveniencing us. They consider the 6-hour wait at LaGuardia because somebody walked through the wrong door as a victory.  We consider it an inconvenience,

You see, Americans are becoming inured to inconvenience. We are trained to tolerate it by our own government. So we put up with "Your call is very important to us..." and stuff like that. A few hours on the tarmac before departure? "We are experiencing very heavy volume at this time."  Knock down buildings full of people? Well, we rather do run amok then. But such operations are becoming increasingly difficult  to pull off.

Killing vast numbers of innocent civilians, including fellow Muslims, cost al-Q support in Iraq. Al-Q thought all Muslims accepted the dictat of Adam Gadahn that Jihad is the personal duty of every able-bodied Muslim  on the face of the earth. But somehow, not all Muslims want to get blown up. So al-Q is settling for less spectacular affronts, those that will try to protect Muslims. That puts a severe crimp in their operations. Apparently, they are now willing to consider messing up the inventory at Safeway such that they run out of potato chips as a victory.

So ready yourself for increasing inconvenience. And know that every such delay might just be the work of al-Q.