This is actually a story, well told and true. It clarifies a blurry picture of what the US is facing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the tribal areas. Gopal refines the picture of the enemy while adding color so that the situation can be put into a perspective that is closer to reality. What solutions we are about to try to dissolve the threat of a global Islamic Caliphate should be callibrated to the texture of the locality, not dumped all over like was done in Iraq. This story makes it clear that we are not dealing with a monolith, but a diverse and local resistance. This article also seems an harbinger of the future of journalism. As the newspapers and TV channels become more controlled by corporations, the internet news providers are now stepping up with real and useful journalism.