I have finished The Age Of Sacred Terror.

I do have to say, the book was incredibly fair in its examination of the last three US presidents, including the current one. It was breathtaking in its analysis and scope, and ended with some chilling conclusions. It also confirmed significant parts of my theory I presented several days ago about the chaos in the Executive Branch dating back to at least the second half of the Clinton Administration.

Also, it took the meme that "Everything is Clinton's Fault," spanked it, and sent it to bed without any dinner. The Clinton White House entered its first term not thinking much about Terrorism, but they quickly recognized a growing and alarming pattern of global terror that targeted the United States and its interests. However, attempts by the White House to go after terrorism, particuarly Bin Laden, were stymied by the various wars within the executive branch and the Republican-held House of Representives.

It also left me with a much heftier distrust and revulsion of the American media, who the authors state whored themselves to get every single insignificant scandal instead of listening to the White House's growing alarm on terrorism during the 1990s, especially during Clinton's second term. Yes, the alarm bells were ringing. Yes, the White House knew and tried to do something about it. The Media was focused on Clinton's Penis. Unacceptable. Totally unacceptable, and deeply offensive and embarrasing.

I'm going to have a much fuller post on this book later on. I need to go back through with a highlighter. I recommend every last one of you pick this book up and read it. It's probably the best, most concise book on the age of terror we're entering, and its conclusions will chill you.