To Borrow a Phrase . . .

To Borrow a Phrase . . .

. . . from James Taranto - What Would We Do Without Terrorism Experts?

It seems as though some terrorism experts would have left Al Qaeda intact so that they could better identify its members.

Gosh, these guys are right . . . we probably should have left all the terrorists we have caught or killed in the past year or so alone. I am sure that they would have appreciated this so much that the would only have set off small bombs instead of the ones like we read about in Spain. Yep, that's the ticket.

Experts: War on terrorism could spawn new enemies

As President Bush put it this month: "Some two-thirds of al Qaeda's key leaders have been captured or killed. The rest of them hear us breathing down their neck."

Now, counterterrorism officials say one of their biggest concerns is how U.S. actions such as the war in Iraq are motivating new recruits bound by a common goal: to destroy Western secular society.

Both government and private experts are bracing for what they say will be a war that could last for generations.