[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Very cogent.

BTW, If one replaces "terrorist" with "Leftist", this article suffices quite well in explaining the international and American Leftist too.

[nikos1121]

Isn't odd that our president Jimmy Carter couldn't understand this? He more than anyone else, supported these people.

The Shah of Iran, unfortuately didn't understand that there are times when you need to covertly execute your enemies.

[MadJack]

Great article, and I agree with his review of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. That is one hard to read book.

[eureka!]

marking

[Publius6961]

Another apparently very sharp muslim.

If I may ask a question?
How is it that with such brainpower, I have yet to find a single credible explanation of why terrorists are able to
a) be indoctrinated from infancy on hate
b)Be ignorant totally about science philosophy and useful skills
c)Attend madrassas where only destruction and the Q'uran are taught and finally
d)Remain totally invisible.

It is utterly impossible to find them, change things or punish them?

[mad puppy]

"All this shows that, in the long-run, terrorism does not work."

ONLY if you don't give in. Terrorist counts on the Spains of the world to cave in. France will too.

If they hit us we MUST hit back, 100 times harder and 100 times longer. Terrorism doesn't work because SO FAR the US hasn't let it.

[RichardW]

Outstanding post. Many thanks!

[quesney]

And this wonderful essay, folks, gets to the heart of the definition of terrorism -- to commit, by stealth and by violence upon unarmed, unsuspecting people what you're unable or unable to achieve by other honest, direct, open and/or peaceful means. It's no exaggeration to call it an assault on civilization.

[quesney]

And this wonderful essay, folks, gets to the heart of the definition of terrorism -- to commit, by stealth and by violence upon unarmed, unsuspecting people what you're unwilling or unable to achieve by other honest, direct, open and/or peaceful means. It's no exaggeration to call it an assault on civilization.

[goldstategop]

Terrorist regimes eventually disintegrate - and in the best case scenario, terrorists fall far short of seizing power in the state. They have nothing to offer the body politic and lacking a positive ideology they can't transmit their ideals from one generation to the next. The current terrorist cult of homocide bombings is spectacular but in the end is destined for history's graveyard. Keep it in mind when discussing Iran, Syria, the Hezbollah, Al Qaeda and future terrorist movements. The noise generated by terrorists is more impressive than the dismal reality in their failure to attain power anywhere but Iran and even there, the regime is living on borrowed time.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[TASMANIANRED]

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[nuconvert]

Very Good article, pong