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September 15, 2005
Thunderous Calls of Surrender Begin
Oh sure, "Associate director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University" Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is "only" asking us to negotiate with al-Qaeda. But, as Mark Steyn points out, negotiating with these murderers would only be the first step towards surrender: Time to talk to Al Qaeda?
How can the war be brought to an end? Neither side can defeat the other. The United States will not be able to overpower a diffuse, ever-mutating, organized international militancy movement, whose struggle enjoys the rear-guard sympathy of large numbers of Muslims. Likewise, Al Qaeda can score tactical victories on the United States and its allies, but it cannot rout the world's sole superpower.Though dismissed widely, the best strategy for the United States may well be to acknowledge and address the collective reasons in which Al Qaeda anchors its acts of force. Al Qaeda has been true to its word in announcing and implementing its strategy for over a decade. It is likely to be true to its word in the future and cease hostilities against the United States, and indeed bring an end to the war it declared in 1996 and in 1998, in return for some degree of satisfaction regarding its grievances. In 2002, bin Laden declared: "Whether America escalates or deescalates this conflict, we will reply in kind."
An additional note: wait for the myth of "limited objectives al-Qaeda" to take off over the next few years. By God, if Arafat could be painted as a moderate, anyone can be.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at September 15, 2005 3:15 PM
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