NC explaining ObL:
>It is also widely recognized that Bin Laden and others like him are
>praying for "a great assault on Muslim states," which will cause "fanatics
>to flock to his cause" (Jenkins, and many others.). That too is familiar.
>The escalating cycle of violence is typically welcomed by the harshest and
>most brutal elements on both sides, a fact evident enough from the recent
>history of the Balkans, to cite only one of many cases.
YF on high hopes:
>Revolution must have seemed a distant hope at the beginning of the First
>World War, and then look what happened. A protracted large-scale war of
>the kind that appears to be in the works, with ground troops and all, has
>a potential to destabilize many regimes, unlike a brief cruise-missile
>strike from afar. It's a danger, but also an opportunity, for anyone who
>seeks to bring about radical social change, be it for the left or the
>right. Yoshie