Calpundit takes issue with Reynolds again, but he really misses the greater problem with the post.
From the article Reynolds is commenting on:
We face, now and for the foreseeable future, the threat of a new barbarism. The new barbarians, like those of old, consist of groups in which every member is a potential warrior. Like their predecessors, the new barbarians rely on their ability to outmaneuver their civilized adversaries, to concentrate deadly force at vulnerable spots. But unlike the old steppe nomads, the new barbarians seek neither booty nor conquest. Our new barbarian adversaries pursue a strategy of pure and perfect nihilism: They seek destruction for destruction’s sake. Their strategy, in other words, is terrorism.
Pure and simple claptrap. Al Qaeda has specific goals and they use terrorism to obtain those goals. They don’t use terrorism for destructions sake, they use it to obtain political goals. Using violence against civilians to obtain political goals is generally the definition of terrorism. Writing garbage for the sake of drama should consign one to the category of drama queen and not serious commentator.