Ludicrous to say the least! 9/11 Commission members talk about Al Qaeda while America chomping at the reins to make war on behalf of Al Qaeda.

 
Can Americans look any more ridiculous!!!! 

Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton  at USA Today
....  Today, the threat of terrorism is dramatically   different from 2001. The leadership of al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan has been decimated by drone strikes. Affiliates in Yemen and Somalia have also suffered significant losses as a result of counterterrorism operations. The threat, however, is evolving, as outlined in a report, "Jihadist Terrorism: A Threat Assessment," which we are releasing Monday through a project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, which we co-chair.

Al-Qaeda and sympathetic groups are situated in many more countries, maintaining a presence in 16 theaters of operation, including Iraq, North Africa, Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Syria. Until now, the threat from these lethal offshoots against the United States has been confined to attacks against U.S. diplomatic outposts and Western economic interests abroad. The slaying of U.S. officials in Benghazi, Libya, one year ago and the attack on a gas facility in Algeria earlier this year, are two notable examples. But it is important to understand that no al-Qaeda threat has ever remained purely localized, as shown by the recent al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula threat in late July that led to the closure of 22 U.S. diplomatic facilities in 17 countries in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Instability in the Middle East is reaching explosive levels. The civil war in Syria may provide al-Qaeda with an opportunity to regroup, train and plan operations. Foreign fighters hardened in that conflict could eventually destabilize the region or band together to plot attacks against the West. In Egypt, the military overthrow of the Mohamed Morsi government and recent mass killing of Islamist protestors will inflame and possibly radicalize Islamists, turning them toward al-Qaeda's rejection of democracy. It is not a stretch to think that some of their animosity may be directed at the U.S. for its decades-long support of the Egyptian military..........