Where Have All The Terrorists Gone?

So, we are now several days past the execution of Saddam Hussein. Where are all the massive reprisals promised by the terrorists? Why haven't the islamic extremists abandoned their differences and rallied together to avenge the death of Hussein? Shouldn't America be on their knees begging for mercy by now because of the vicious attacks from these brutal and fearsome Islamic warriors?
Attacks will come, you can be sure. You can also be sure those attacks would have come anyway. These people are cowards who only strike where we are weakest and when they have a minimal chance of being caught. The execution of Hussein reinforces the fact we WILL come after them if we can prove they are responsible for any future attacks. Extremist groups are certain to be moving cautiously right now, regardless of the promised revenge for this execution.
Americans and our allies need to wake up and realize this war is not going away anytime soon. I don't mean the war in Iraq, I mean the war on terrorism around the globe. We have become so conditioned to Hollywood happy endings that we can't conceive of this war continuing. So, people begin to delude themselves into believing they can just walk away and maybe the terrorists will go home. Fat chance! These people want us dead! They want America destroyed. The attack on 9/11 and previous attacks such as the bombing of the USS Cole (have you forgotten about that?) are the tip of the ice berg. Left unchecked, islamic extremists would happily reign death, chaos and destruction on America and her allies every chance they got. They are NOT going away! They believe in what they are doing so much they are willing to die in these attacks. What do we believe in? What do Americans believe in strongly enough to die for? About half of the population doesn't even care enough to vote, much less be willing to die for anything!
And so, we fight the battle abroad, in the hopes we won't have to fight it within our own borders. And, for a short time at least, we have given the leaders of these radical movements pause, because they now know not ALL Americans are weak and impotent. If they stick their head up too far, at least one of us will be happy to shoot it off, or put it in a noose.