[Elspode]

I think that any increase in safety which has been wrought by Patriot, Iraq and Afghanistan are offset by the increased fervor our actions have instilled in the Arab nations and the radical factions therein.

In other words, yeah, some of the guiys who wanted to mess with us have been neutered, and some of the security holes have had a dirty rag stuffed in them, but now we have about ten times as many radicals who want our national balls on a plate, so the odds that something will succeed goes way, way up.