The Map's logic still holds (and applies to Yemen)

EDITORIAL: How to fight al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen, Washington Post, December 30, 2009

Very sensible bit of analysis from WAPO's editorial board, referencing my recent post about splitting the difference on the Xmas attack (between hyping too much and discounting too much).

Also some nice ground truth details.

But the larger "Map" logic still holds: invariably, events drag us into nearly every failed state in one form or another. Imperial conspiracy to some, geographic reality of globalization's limits to others.