"As a model of directness, the idea of creating enough chaos to collapse the current world system has few peers."

A must read post at The Belmont Club introduces Lawrence Wright's article in the New Yorker.

From post at The Belmont Club, "The view looking out from within al-Qaeda is completely different from the standard narrative provided by the newspapers. We learn about a man who converted Bin Laden to Salafism and who later accused him of leading the Jihad to catastrophe -- a man who is in US custody. Wright describes the pivotal role of Afghanistan in creating a place for Jihad to train and formulate its plans, and why September 11 is regarded by some Islamic radicals as a complete mistake."