The reason we are failing in our attempts to deal with the threat of Al-Qa’eda and Islamic terrorism is simple: We are trying to eliminate the threat by treating the symptoms, not the disease. A cancer cannot be treated in this way. A cancer has to be excised if a doctor is to effect a satisfactory cure. If the cancer is not excised, then that cancer will simply metastasize. This is precisely what is happening with Islamic terrorism: It is metastasizing! And go on metastasizing it will until our leaders have the courage and insight to identify the problem. In order to win a war, you have to know your enemy. It is imperative; otherwise the war will be lost.
In this particular instance, there is much at stake. In short, our civilization is at stake!
It is high time for the US and its allies to change tactics. Time is not on our side.
THE TELEGRAPH: The al-Qa'eda terror organisation of Osama bin Laden is as strong today as it was six years ago during the September 11 attacks and retains the capability to carry out similar atrocities, according to a report by one of Britain's leading think tanks.Mark Alexander
"Core" al-Qa'eda is proving adaptable and resilient and has retained the ability to plan and co-ordinate large-scale attacks in the Western world, says the Strategic Survey published yesterday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Nigel Inkster, a former director for operations and intelligence for MI6, who contributed to the al-Qa'eda section of the report, said it showed that the tactics being used in the war on terrorism were proving ineffective.
"The bottom line is that for six years the United States and its allies have been struggling to eliminate this threat and it is becoming increasingly clear that they have not succeeded in doing so," said Mr Inkster. Al-Qa'eda 'as strong today as it was on 9/11' (more) By Con Coughlin
