War Fails to Diminish Threat of Terrorism

Yesterday's New York Times gave us this little tidbit:

Classified investigations of the Qaeda threat now under way at the F.B.I. and C.I.A. have concluded that the war in Afghanistan failed to diminish the threat to the United States, the officials said. Instead, the war might have complicated counterterrorism efforts by dispersing potential attackers across a wider geographic area.

[insert cynical comment here]