Why Anwar al-Awlaki Is Laughing

The clip above demonstrates why we are losing; why Anwar al-Awlaki looks so much like the cat that's just polished off the cream. The difference in mindset is as obvious as it is annoying. One side is unsure, scattered, careful, unfocused; the other is determined, unified and having fun. Note they've identified us. That's where it starts.

We still refuse to identify them. Instead, we turn on ourselves. To most of us - or, at least, at the time we elected Barack Hussein Obama - George, Rush and Palin were considered more of a threat to us than AQ. (Freud would be perplexed by our inclination to regard non-threatening things and situations as dangerous, while we blissfully ignore the real thing.)

I truly believe that our gambit was and remains the following: assuage evil, and evil will not hurt us. Of course, nobody would be so bold as to identify evil. In fact, the strategy itself precludes identifying evil. Taken to its logical conclusion, the concept either (A) does not exist - like God - or (B) could only be used to apply to ourselves. The immediate consequence of the latter was to produce traitors in our midst, while the former produced ostrich eggs. Interesting too is that we have yet to formulate a Plan B.

That's why Anwar al-Awlaki is laughing. Even AQ's failures produce tangible results. The 24-hour news channels prove it. In failing to identify the enemy, we're once again at each other's throats. How’s that ‘hope and change’ working out for you? Happy New Year, everyone! May we all be so fortunate as to survive it.