Faisal's life is a complete success.

Faisal Shahzad. Now that's quite a name. Unusual. At least in the USA. Maybe not so in Pakistan. Where Faisal was born. He's only 30. Well-educated. But sort of incompetent. Or just plain nuts. Or I suspect, wants to make a name for himself. To become famous. To get into the news. The front page of newspapers. And pictured on TV. World-wide. So he becomes a would-be terrorist. Builds a Rube Goldberg-type bomb. Drives the explosive into busy Times Square in New York. Parks the vehicle at a crowd-laden busy intersection. Sets the fuse on the bomb. Walks away. And waits for the explosion. Only thing. He botched the job. He's caught 53 hours later. On a plane. Trying to leave for Dubai. Now he's in custody. And famous. For being an inept would-be terrorist. And maybe a hero with the Tailiban in Pakistan. Sure, he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. But he's made a name for himself. He's a celebrity of sorts. A hero with some. A villain with others. But he'll have the smug satisfaction. Of doing something that caught world-wide attention. That's his motive. Nothing more. Nothing less. Now we've all heard of Faisal Shahzad. Our media has given him exactly what he wants. Faisal's life is a complete success. At least from his perspective. --Jim Broede