The departure of George W. Bush deprived al-Qaeda of a polarizing American leader who reliably drove recruits and donations to the terrorist group.

That’s nothing but a far-left talking point. The truth is quite the opposite. Especially since the surge in Iraq, AQ has been on the ropes for money and especially recruits. If there’s one thing the Arab street understands very well, it is strength. Hammering our enemies does not help their recruitment drives, it decimates them.

Except for in the US, among the hard left, that is. But it’s not difficult to make the case that the left would be reliably anti-American anyway, as long as Bush was in office, regardless of what he did.

The torrent of hateful words is part of what terrorism experts now believe is a deliberate, even desperate, propaganda campaign against a president who appears to have gotten under al-Qaeda’s skin. The departure of George W. Bush deprived al-Qaeda of a polarizing American leader who reliably drove recruits and donations to the terrorist group.

Dan Collins should stay away from coffee.

With Obama, al-Qaeda faces an entirely new challenge, experts say: a U.S. president who campaigned to end the Iraq war and to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Yes, because never in the history of humanity have people ever been able to rally anyone to their cause by accusing the leader of the primary opposition of being weak. Ain’t that right, Bubba?

Don’t you love it when you’re president’s agenda meshes so well with terrorists?

Not to worry, though, because according to the writer Al Qaeda will just give up and go back to being farmers, auto mechanics, etc. Gosh, I feel better already.