The following comes from Greg Miller’s article in the Washington Post on the second issue of Inspire:“The publication notes with evident pride that AQAP, as the group is known, has come to be seen by CIA analysts as the most potent of al-Qaeda’s affiliates. A key reason is the involvement in the group of Anwar al-Aulaqi, a U.S.-born cleric who speaks fluent English and was tied to the Fort Hood and Christmas Day airline attacks.”Is this really still widely believed? Do people think that if Anwar al-Awlaqi wasn’t in AQAP then the organization wouldn’t be such a threat?I certainly hope not, as assumptions like that lead to the mistaken belief that assassinating al-Awlaqi would somehow eliminate or greatly reduce the threat of a strike from AQAP and that, as we say in Nebraska and probably other places, is just lazy wishful thinking.