Exactly. The smartest thing Al-Qaeda can do is come up with some even more outlandish plots and methods, get some stupid kids to talk about them on the phone, the internet and in their secretly monitored gathering places; and then Al-Qaeda won't even have to launch a real attack to accomplish the primary goal of seeing us crippled by having us overstretch ourselves (especially economically and militarily). We'll do it to ourselves too with our knee-jerk reactions, governmental incompetence and public short-sightedness.