Its one view but a short sided view. Yes going into Iraq made it easier for Al Queda to claim that the US was embarking on a holy war agaist Islam as far as Islamic people are concerned. But they claimed that long ago based on our support of Isreal. Remember they where the ones that openly claimed a holy war against us infedels. It was a side effect that was welll discussed prior to the war. The risk was that Saddam would give weapons to these people. With more and more evidence coming out every day that this was about to happen or may even have happened already. Secondly you have to believe that their is a moderate Islamic majority for this theroy to have weight. I do not think there is a such a thing. I think there is an moderate islamic minority and that they have been westernized. This westernized minority is in full reatreat in the Islamic world and has been for some time. They have the money and got it form the west so they are seen as infifels that help the great Satan and have been targeted. So I would say that the authors conculsions have some weight but over extend conclusions. Take the battle to them make it happen sooner rather than later. Learn from what has happened in Isreal. You can live in fear for many years because you have to pussy foot around with these aholes just because a few people want to give them the first shot.