Monday, September 11, 2006

Who Will Win?

Kenneth Silber answers skeptics who say America can't win the Long War, as we did the Cold War:

  1. The terrorists are divided.
  2. Terrorism creates a backlash.
  3. Terrorist sponsors are vulnerable.
  4. Terrorists depend on foreign technology.
  5. Oil revenue is the terrorists' lifeline.

For details of each reason, see the article. That last fascinates me the most. A naval blockade of the Middle East could make short work of terrorism around the world