Terrorism: One down, one to go

Federal prosectuors have announced 11 indictments against the eco-terrorists allegedly responsible for the 1998 Vail fire. This is great news. I hope the criminals are punished. And after they are punished, and after the secular despot Saddam Hussein is punished, and after Bush gets done chopping wood on his ranch in Texas, I hope someone in the administration finds some time to go after the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists that are the real threat to our country.

Since 9/11, official U.S. government websites have listed 27 known terrorists. How many have been captured or killed? Three. And how many convictions has our government won against members of Al Qaeda? Only twenty-three as of June 2005.

Is it insane for me to suggest that perhaps we ought to pay at least as much attention to Al Qaeda as we do to the Earth Liberation Front?