<p><img class="caption" src="images/stories/mikeevans.jpg" border="0" alt="Dr. Michael Evans" title="Dr. Michael Evans" hspace="7" align="left" />More than 3,000 Egyptian demonstrators tore down the Stars and Stripes at the US Embassy in Cairo on the anniversary of 9/11 and replaced it with a black Al Qaeda flag. In response to this outrageous act of war, US Embassy officials in Cairo issued a cowardly statement condemning “the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions.” Later another Islamic mob stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya killing the US Ambassador and three other Americans. Most recently, another protest at the embassy in Yemen again breached security walls, but no US personnel were injured there.  <br /> <br />Why is this happening right now? The answer lies in our attitude toward the world and the threat of terrorism. On September 23, 1980, during the Carter-Reagan presidential race, I met with the head of Israeli intelligence, Isser Harel, who told me that America was developing a dangerous tolerance for terror. He said, “America has the power but not the will to fight terrorism. Terrorists have the will but not the power.” He further said all that would change with time because Arab oil could buy more than tents. Harel prophetically predicted that the first terrorist attack on American soil would be on New York City’s tallest building.</p>
