by Ezra Klein

Pandagon

10/12/04

"[T]he real affront to reality is that ending terrorism isn't a plan-friendly enterprise. It's not like health care where you create a system of tax credits, institutions and bulk-buying mandates to lower costs. No, fighting terrorism is a combination of principles and competence. The principles are simple: don't negotiate with terrorists, kill them when possible, erase the conditions that allow them to flourish, encourage democracy and transparency, improve America's image in the Arab world, devote the appropriate resources to intercepting their plans and protecting against their attacks, and generally doing what every serious person in every serious speech advocates. It's really all in Richard Clarke's book and, to be quite honest, the book really isn't that complex. Even a Republican could read it...

http://www.pandagon.net/mtarchives/003688.html#more


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp