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Other Presidents have issued a call to arms. But few have cast their challenge in terms as wide as Bush's. The war to find, stop and defeat "every terrorist group of global reach," he said, was "civilization's fight." That fight, indeed, has already started, as law enforcement officials attempt to discover who was behind the atrocities and how they might be brought to justice. And it is a fight in which the forensic processes of the criminal-justice system promise to be augmented by the thud and thump of military action...
...with like forces and orthodox tactics." The attacks on the World Trade Center were classic examples of "asymmetric" warfare, using small fanatical teams to inflict maximum psychological damage on a chained Gulliver. And there isn't an army in the rich world that knows, with confidence, how to defeat such a foe. "When you're fighting someone who wants to die," says a Marine colonel, "those old-fashioned rules of war seem rather quaint...
...what to do. I’d much rather believe that they are simply not telling us what the plan is (oh, right, it’s to root out and destroy global terrorism). I sure hope that Bush administration officials are very busy laying plots and schemes to defeat international terrorism. But as to what those schemes and plots are, I can only speculate...
Jackson compared the situation of the United States toa great boxer who after being knocked down rose from the canvas to defeat his opponent...
Unfortunately for Harvard, three of its players received second half red cards, forcing the Crimson to play with only seven field players for the final 19 minutes. The Lions (4-3, 0-0 WCC) capitalized quickly, scoring two goals in the final 14 minutes to defeat the Crimson...