Al-Qaeda allegedly defeating itself

*This Washington Times article (they're big cult authorities) offers two interesting logical issues.

*If Al Qaeda is "defeating itself," wouldn't Al Qaeda have defeated themselves *much faster* if the USA had done *absolutely nothing* after 9/11?

*Also, since Ozzie has been swanning around at large and violently molesting the entire planet for decades now, isn't it possible that he's just plain getting old? He's three years younger than I am, but I don't spend every day praying, conspiring...