I agree. I wasn't going to link to an article I read recently, for fear that 'certain people' would slam it as an extremely biased, Bush-bashing op-ed piece; however, now that I know that 'certain people' don't even read links that are longer than a few paragraphs, I should be safe.

Why Al-Qaeda is Winning

I found it to be rather insightful and helped give some history and background to the forces we are up against. This is also where myu question about who you think Osama would vote for came from.