This looks like an excellent article that I'll try to read later, when I don't have so many things on my plate. Without having read it, I'll throw out an unsolicited opinion that one reason there haven't been any more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil is simple logistics. Why go halfway around the world to kill Americans, when all you have to do is walk across the street ? So maybe invading Iraq was a bad idea with unintended consequences, but it made targets much easier to find for people whose primary goal in life is inflicting fatal wounds.
Added 4:20 pm, same day -- After skimming the article, it seems like what I just said is similar to one of the official expert theories. In the text, it's referred to as the flypaper theory. So mine's not an original thought, but it seems like a good enough explanation to me.
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