The threat we face from Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, made so savagely real by the 9/11 attacks, has mostly been followed, under President Bush, by "taking the battle to the enemy" policies abroad that have missed their mark in making us any safer here in Seattle and throughout the United States.

We have diverted our initial focus on Afghanistan, and we are mainly losing the war in Iraq. In the process, the invasions and occupations of both of those countries -- our most aggressive response to 9/11 -- has made homeland defense the frightening, soft underbelly of the security of our nation as we know it.

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