TCS Daily – The State of the Enemy
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Monday, January 30, 2006
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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.
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The issue was never will they win, but will they lose.
Armies win by winning.
Terrorists win by not losing.
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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.
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So what is losing, then? Blowing yourself up only to find out that there are NO 69 virgins?
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