In his column in the Atlantic Monthly, former top counterterroism adviser Richard Clarke is creating quite a stir.

The column is written from the perspective of a fictional lecturer speaking on September 11, 2011 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and talks about how the country hasn't won the war on terror. It speculates that attacks have increased over the previous ten years, the price of oil has spiked dramatically, a successful coup has occurred in Saudi Arabia, and Iran has become a nuclear power.

Aside from the column itself, the fact that Al Qaeda has in fact grown and is active in more countries than before 9/11 goes against the very notion that George W. Bush knows what he's doing in the war on terrorism. Obviously half the country is still in denial about how badly Bush has botched the job by destabilizing Iraq through invading it thus creating the new primary breeding ground for tomorrow's terrorists.