Asymmetric Warfare and the Way Forward
by Patrick Ruffini :: January 10th, 2007 11:09 pmForgive me for broadening the discussion a bit, but today it felt like we saw the War on Terror come full circle.
Early in the day brought word that we had possibly nabbed one of the bad guys in a Somalia strike. It’s a reminder of everything the War on Terror can be — the long arm of justice reaching and taking out evil from this life. And doing so with startling efficiency — a tribute to what asymmetric warfare and just the right touch can do.
Tonight, we saw the President explain something more difficult — a challenge that will require boots on the ground — but one that will continue to keep the terrorists constantly on the run from Iraq to Somalia to tribal Pakistan.
This war isn’t just Iraq. It won’t be over with Iraq, even with victory in Iraq. Achieving that victory and future victories requires unbending will. What is happening in Iraq is a desperate final-ditch struggle by the jihadists to preserve what influence they have left in a new Iraq. That struggle has exacted a painful toll — one that makes clear just how much al-Qaeda fears our success.
My bottom-line thinking about this war remains: “If they’re shooting at you, you must be doing something right.” The country needed to be brought closer to recognizing this, and that’s what the President did tonight.
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