[Argus]

There is a non-military, strictly speaking, component to the War on Terror - going after their money, prosecuting captured terrorists in foreign countries, the kind of work that the CIA and FBI are supposed to do, homeland security, etc. The Bush administration has been pursuing this tack all along, and very successfully (though usually with no fanfare). This is obviously not what Kerry means, however. He is sending a signal to his liberal base that he will return our priorities to where they were under Clinton. Treat each terrorist attack as a discrete criminal act, and mothball the military except for "symbolic" retaliation a la "firing a million dollar missile to hit a camel in the butt", to paraphrase our President. And win the love of France, Germany, and the UN Secretariat, which is all liberals care about.

[Solson]

Agreed. There is a huge, ongoing effort in law enforcement to track down the $$, names, places and faces of terror everyday.

But it is obvious Kerry isn't talking about that. He's talking about reducing our war on terror to scoldings, reprimands, finger shaking, and otherwise talking big yet doing nothing.

This is what got us 9/11. It can only be called appeasement. It can only be described as acting only with a "permission slip."

Ignore the bribes, ignore the UN corruption, ignore the blatant media bias of the BBC, and wag the finger. THAT is the Kerry approach to terrorism. Sadly, the American people may be compelled to believe him.