TCS Daily - The State of the Enemy
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James Joyner | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
My latest for TCS, “The State of the Enemy,” is up.
The hook:
As President Bush prepares to give his annual address on the State of the Union (I predict it will be “strong”) it is time to reflect on the state of our enemy.
My conclusion is that, while al Qaeda is still capable of killing lots of people, it is no closer to achieving its war aims than it was when then were announced in 1998. Much more at the link.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
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The issue was never will they win, but will they lose.
Armies win by winning.
Terrorists win by not losing.
Concur w/ Bithead (don't get to write that very often). Qaeda's "war aims" are insane, to put it succinctly.
I would add, as a debatable hypothesis, that people with rational aims usually can find better ways to advance them than terrorism.
So what is losing, then? Blowing yourself up only to find out that there are NO 69 virgins?
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