JAMES PETHOKOUKIS on Bin Laden’s vision of globalization vs. the West’s:

Don’t forget that the 9/11 attacks were, to a great extent, the start of a war on globalization, as symbolized by the World Trade Center. “The towers are economic power,” Osama bin Laden said in an October 2001 interview. It’s globalization—the worldwide spread of people, capital, products, brands, and ideas—that’s the real threat to the terrorists. . . .

So, who’s winning the race, us or them? One way to answer that is to examine how the global economy is doing in the post-9/11 era? The answer: It’s booming. World economic growth has averaged right around 5 percent since 2002, and it looks to be right on track again this year. In a way, this is the strongest global economy in history.

So far, so good.

UPDATE: Cal Thomas and CAIR.