Merry Christmas. This dead-sober Washington Post story reminds us how vulnerable America remains to terrorist mass murder. One official quoted here anonymously says it’s inevitable that al-Qaeda will destroy the White House. Sitting here in one of the nation’s top two terrorist targets, I’m with the retired general in this story who says to hell with pussyfooting around with rules of engagement: first kill the bastards, then let the goo-goos figure it out.