Bigger Threat ?

George W. Bush’s State of the Union address in January 2002 was nothing if not a victory speech. The Afghan war had just been won. “The American flag flies again over our embassy in Kabul,” Bush told the joint session of Congress amid the constant punctuation of enthusiastic ovations. “Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantánamo bay. (Applause.) And terrorist leaders who urged followers to sacrifice their lives are running for their own. (Applause).”

But what now ?