Abu Musab al—Zarqawi released an infomercial on the Web on Tuesday.  While tedious, as informercials tend to be, the significance of his message should not be missed.  The Jordanian terrorist wants the world to know that he represents al—Qaeda in Iraq and goes out of his way to appear deferential to Osama bin Laden. There are two reasons in a military campaign to go on the offensive.  One is to move the venue of battle in the direction you wish it to go.  The other is to force the enemy to fight in a place of your choosing — to force him to throw his resources in against yours.  In 1998, al—Qaeda in the person of Osama bin Laden, declared war on the United States in a written proclamation in London.  We ignored that to our sorrow.  Al—Qaeda became progressively more aggressive — the African embassy bombings, the attack on the USS Cole — and then finally attacked us at home on 9/11. We are, as the president...(Read Full Post)