Can't agree with you more. Every little change that we have to make in our day-to-day behaviour is a little victory for these people.
No they are actually
major victories for the bad guys.
It's gotten to the point where they don't even really have to do anything anymore. They only need to find a few people willing to sacrifice themselves (or be looney) and have them keep pretending they're up to something until they get "caught." Then the US goes into melt-down mode and promptly imposes an economic blockade on itself.