Officials say the suspected plot against this quiet Nordic country was one of three planned attacks on the West hatched in the rugged mountains of northwest Pakistan by some of al-Qaida's most senior leaders. The other plots targeted the bustling New York subway and a shopping mall in Manchester, England.Luckily, the terrorists were compromised early on. But when the jihadis want to kill Norwegians, can we maybe admit the problem isn't what America does but what the jihadis believe and want to achieve?
Or can we look forward to an orgy of "why do they hate us?" hand wringing in Oslo, too?
