Recommended: Obama Outsmarts the Terrorists

There is an interesting article entitled Obama Outsmarts the Terrorists, by Peter Beinart on The Daily Beast. Beinart argues, in effect, that only overreaction from the US has kept al Qaeda going. Without US overreaction (invading Muslim countries, Abu Ghraib torture and Guantánamo Bay prison), al Qaeda's endless slaughter of Muslims rapidly erodes their popular support around the world, and especially in Muslim countries. President Obama's measured response to terrorism, Beinart argues, is an effective approach to reducing the power of the terrorists.

An interesting view, and persuasively argued.