Wow, that didn't take long at all. Scant days after the American war machine took the cloaking device off its direct military involvement in Yemen, we have an alleged attempted terrorist attack by an alleged attempted terrorist who, just scant hours after his capture, has allegedly confessed to getting his alleged attempted terrorist material from ... wait for it ... Yemen!
As an aside, I read somewhere today, an Isarali company does the majority of airport security for most european countries. Same as during Sept 11th.
Indeed, the ultimate in shadowboxing, in other words, a sciomachy;which is an an obscure psychological term. But then again, it's mostly psychological op, isn't it. 'Full Spectrum Dominance'(TM). If we want to discuss a national psychological pathology instead of the BushCo/Obama® psychological pathology, this might be a more fruitful direction.
Just as the saying goes, 'If there were not a God we would have to create him, so too we have to create a controlled chaos, in a echo chamber feedback loop to justify our stay. If there were no Al qaeda we'd have to fund them...etc.. it's mostly, a sciamachy. We created this sanguinivorous monster, ...blood, oil, and soon water, there is no difference.