Fortunately, the Yemeni parcel bombs intended for American Jews failed to reach their targets.  And I wonder again, as I wondered before, if everything is rosy between Al Qaeda headquarters and the Yemeni franchise.  Headquarters can't be pleased about the botched execution of this latest effort -- and what about the timing? Is Al Qaeda following the revolutionary maxim of, "the worse, the better,"  hoping that hawkish Republicans will be elected in the mid-terms?  I'm not sure.  Another maxim to remember is "never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence."At any rate, this incident reminded me of another mass parcel bomb incident that fortunately failed due to the incompetence of the perpetrators. Ninety years ago, the sworn enemy of America were not radical Jihadists but Italian Anarchists. Their rhetoric was similar -- "we will annihilate you in blood and fire!" -- they sometimes used women comrades as couriers...(Read Full Post)