Ralph Peters seems to do a lot of what we used to call perceptions and reactions analysis . This means that the analyst must walk around the table and look at the world from the other guy’s point of view.
I have no idea of whether or not he is correct in his latest assessment of the Osama and al-Zarqawi:
OSAMA bin Laden gets it. The terror-master understands that the campaign of bombings and assassinations has backfired in Iraq, erasing popular support for Islamist fanatics and unleashing the forces of freedom.
So World Terrorist No. 1 sent a message to Regional Terrorist No. 1: We're losing. We need a different strategy. It sure seems as if he has seen the world through their eyes.
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