http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/opinion/10bobbitt.html?th&emc=th
Philip Bobbitt ( a former senior director at the National Security Council)
"But if we look for only a moment at Iraq, where battling terrorists clearly requires more forces than defeating Saddam Hussein did, we ought to see that the nature of war is changing from the model of World War II or even the Persian Gulf War. And if we consider the apocalyptic goals of Osama bin Laden and the practices of the Taliban when they were in power, we ought to know that we are not dealing with Gerry Adams's Sinn Fein.
Another trap we must avoid is thinking that because the scale of the London attacks did not approach those of 9/11, they are somehow less worrisome. The execution of simultaneous attacks requires sophisticated planning, because with each team the risk of exposure and mishap increases exponentially. "
