Pipebombs and Pipedreams and Manchurian Blowback

It seems to me that the thwarted terror threats - Canada's, Britain's, and America's - all have common threads. Law enforcement in all three countries can catch imbeciles with ill-conceived visions of grandeur, who are more likely to blow themselves up than a plane. And law enforcement in all three countries can pat themselves on the back for their accomplishments. I don't have great respect for the intelligence of the religious radical, of whatever stripe, but surely the Moslem variety can conjure up a threat more terrifying and more real. For now I don't think they really need to though; you don't need terribly clever jujitsu. Just let Bush be Bush, or the neocons be neocons. Whoever the policy hacks that are masterminding this 'war on terror' are, the results speak for themselves. Its amazing what greed and an ignorant ideology can produce. Its all got a 'Manchurian Candidate' feel to it, but I think the plot is really much simpler and more aggravating.

FBI Role in Terror Probe Questioned
Lawyers Point to Fine Line Between Sting and Entrapment
http://www.washingtonpost.com