INTERESTING OVERVIEW OF THE WAR ON TERROR from Oxford Analytica, at Forbes.com. Excerpt:

The arrests on June 9 of two Pakistani citizens in California on charges of planning terrorist acts in the U.S. comes at a time when the Bush Administration and the U.S. public believe that the “war on terror” has successfully reduced direct threats to the homeland. Despite the fact that the country remains vulnerable to major terrorist incidents, there have been no such attacks since September 2001.

As a result, the focus of attention in Washington, D.C. remains on the offensive portions of the national strategy for countering terrorism. This is believed to have partially broken up the al Qaeda network, sharply reducing its global reach. With these perceptions in mind, the Administration is moving toward a new phase in its anti-terror campaign. It is likely to embark on developing a new Presidential Decision Directive.

Via ATC, which has some further thoughts. And Dean Esmay is looking at the Iraq theater.