Re: What would You have done???
I agree that Israel's tactics of using the Mossad as an instrument of justice has been effective against international terrorism, as was the raid on Entebbe. <br /><br />However, the Mossad did not spring out of the ground fully effective. It takes years to develop an effective covert force of that skill, and it takes public support of assassination to use it. We had, and have neither. What might we be developing now? Who knows.<br /><br />Iraq. I think GW's analysis of the roots of the problem was (is) that Al Queda's Jihad is born of frustration and anger at the typical Middle Eastern person's, and Islam's lack of power. I think he decided that creating a model of liberty and self government would show them peaceful ways of achieving that power and prosperity. He chose to replace the troublesome, secular, dangerous and defiant Iraq with that model and kill two birds with one stone.<br /><br />What would I do now? I would certainly (secretly)build an anti-terrorist organization based on the Mossad model to hunt down and kill terrorists, and I would continue the Iraq/Afganistan strategy to fruition.<br /><br />I would also find a way to get more balanced and positive media coverage of world and domestic events. If we'd had today's media covering WWII, we would probably have lost. Japan would rule the Pacific, and Germany would rule Europe. Their lust for extended coverage of any discouraging, alarming, scandalous or sensational story, rumor or accusation has seriously eroded our national unity. We are at war, and part of winning that war is maintaining support in the face of difficulty. The media must be part of it, not an additional enemy.
<br />we need to be pro-active in these cases and get<br />our side of the story across to the arab world<br />somehow!<br />the real problem here is that this is all new<br />to us and we are still figuring out how to deal<br />with this new threat. as time goes on, we will<br />do a much better job IMHO.
