Comments on: TERRORISM AND IRAQ

By: Donald Sensing

Donald Sensing — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

But the radical Islamists cannot ignore America sitting astride Iraq. If the do not directly challenge US forces there, they lose.

But if they do attempt to challenge America there, they die.

Hence, the "flypaper strategy." I was skeptical of it at first, but it is making more sense to me now.

By: Katewerk

Katewerk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

On a related topic;

http://nytimes.com/2003/09/07/opinion/07DOWD.html

Maureen Dowd has become a parody of herself.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I think that there is something to the crime v. war dichotomy in looking at terrorism writ large. Clearly, for example, the Clinton administration viewed the issue as a criminal justice problem primarily, for example. (This isn't Clinton-bashing--it is just a fact. Look at the way the admin dealt with the first WTC bombing.)

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