Recent information taken from the Osama bin Laden kill mission shows that al Qaeda was happy to kill closer to home--like in India:
Last week, foreign press outlets ran a story that deserves to receive a lot more attention in America. Documents captured in Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan compound reportedly show that the terror master helped plan the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
In India, it was easier to find help from Moslems I'm sure. And nearby Pakistan could host the attackers before the killing started.
Funny, India didn't invade Iraq and thus "cause" Islamist anger at us as so many war supporters argued during the war.
Funny, too, al Qaeda was eager to strike in Europe--which also didn't help us much in invading Iraq (with few and notable exceptions--the Poles will always have my thanks--although they didn't engage in much combat truth be told--the British the largest exception):
Still other evidence comes from relatively recent plots, including al Qaeda’s nascent plan to launch Mumbai-style attacks against European cities in 2010. That plot was reportedly ordered by bin Laden himself.
It is good that Obama ordered the kill mission. But killing bin Laden isn't victory in this long war. As long as jihadis draw strength from too many radical imams and can draw support from states that find it convenient to have terrorists on their speed dial, the risk of a WMD-9/11 is too high to let our guard down.
