We are doing exactly what Al Qaeda wants us to do. Here is an article speaking directly to that fact by the ex-head of the CIA's Bin Laden desk I have been meaning to post for some time.

Here's an excerpt.

"Al-Qaeda's unexpected opportunity
Beyond this geographic expansion of jihad, al-Qaeda's own achievements have been substantial. Bin Laden has long described a three-fold strategy for driving the United States out of the Muslim world: (1) contribute to the forces creating domestic political disunity in America; (2) act and encourage other Islamists to act in a way that spreads US military and intelligence forces to the point where they lack reserves and flexibility; and (3) bleed America to bankruptcy. Obviously, al-Qaeda has been successful on the first two points and today Bin Laden is staring into the face of an entirely serendipitous opportunity to contribute to economic disaster in the United States.

Having been responsible for much of the economic bleeding America has done in Iraq and Afghanistan, al-Qaeda now has a chance . . ."

Read the full article here.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JI27Ak03.html