‘Experts’ claim US losing match at quarter time

Terrorism experts Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing. Considering both of them were involved in the Clinton administration they would say that wouldn’t they? Terrorist experts from the Clinton Administration…yeah…right! As I recall all Clinton every did to counter the regular murder of US citizens and soldiers was to dispatch a cruise missile into an empty tent yet The Age happily accepts these guys as experts.

For Benjamin and Simon, the war on terrorism has cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars and failed to counter a deadly global movement responsible for attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Indonesia, and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Ah, the days of instant gratification. It simply isn’t going to happen that quickly. First establish a democracy in the Middle East then watch the citizens of surrounding Sheikdoms question then demand some of this democracy stuff, then encourage development including education that will one day slow down the supply of recruits to terrorism. It’s on for years guys. We are not fighting an Army all lined up ready to be defeated. They are everywhere and still able to fill the gaps in their ranks through the sheer ignorance of their recruiting base. Think beyond tomorrow and you might get the picture.