AQI and Glasgow

http://mobile.nytimes.com/art/125593/19

Britain has finished an inquiry into the Glasgow and failed London bombing last summer and one finding is that the two bombers were motivated by their anger over Britains role in Iraq and received some level of support from Al qaeda iraq (which in the IC just means someone who doesn't like us, blows things up, and isn't angling for a cabinet job in the iraqi parliament).

Apparently the who 'we are fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here' thing doesn't apply to Britain. Turns out it in practice it is more like 'we are pissing them off and providing them training opportunities over there so they will be inspired and capable to fight us here'.

As someone who focuses on organizational behavior, this has always been one of my pet peeves about the war. Getting things done in an organization requires three things strategic direction, tactical capacity, and motivated people.

The direction was always there, but it should be noted that everytime we get outmaneuvered in this idiotic 'democracy promotion' game and replace an AQ-hostile regime with an AQ-friendly regime it crosses something off their list and puts a bigger bulls eye on our back.