How is the GWOT going?

What sort of progress are we making in the real "global war on terror" (GWOT)?

According to Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon in the opening words of their book The Next Attack (2005):

We are losing.

Four years and two wars after the attacks of September 11, 2001, America is heading for a repeat of the events of that day, or perhaps something worse. Against our most dangerous foe, our strategic position is weakening. Inspired by Usama bin Laden's boldness and outraged by America's recent actions, more Muslims are sympathizing with the radical Islamists and joining their movement. Individuals who hitherto had no significant ties to radical organizations are enlisting themselves in the struggle and committing acts of violence, sometimes without any support from existing networks. In disparate places around the globe, from Indonesia to the Caucasus and from Pakistan to Western Europe, the jihadist ideology has become the banner under which an array of grievances is being expressed, and often that expression is violent. In many of these regions, local and global grievances are merging into a pervasive hatred of the United States, its allies, and the international order they uphold. Within parts of the Muslim world, social and religious inhibitions on violence are weakening, ind the notion is gaining acceptance that an attack on infidels involving weapons of mass destruction would be justified.

You're running a heckuva GWOT, Dubya!

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