Qaeda back . Or were the Embassy Closures and the terror alert misguided . Well take a look at those questions and examine al qaedas new stronghold. And well ask the last man to try to achieve peace in the middle east whether the current attempt is worth it. Ehud barak, the former Prime Minister of israel, weighs in. Also president obama cancels a summit with russias president putin. What is up with the russians . Finally, before and after. A stark reminder of the ravages of war. But first, heres my take. The Obama Administrations warning about a possible al qaeda plot against american interests in the middle east has triggered a volley of attacks back home. For those who always suspected president obama was somehow soft in fighting the war on terror, this was vindication. The weekly standard, fox news, the wall street journal editorialists all piled on saying that the president had claimed al qaeda had been decimated al qaeda is on the run and we got bin laden. But this terror warning