History Is Written By Those Who Win

They [root Causes Of Terror] Come Out Of A Long Dialectic Of U.s. Involvement In The Affairs Of The Islamic World, The Oil-producing World, The Arab World, The Middle East - Those Areas That Are Considered To Be Essential To U.s. Interests And Security.

Osama Bin Laden's Organization Has Spun Out From Him And Is Now Probably Independent Of Him. There Will Be Others Who Will Appear And Reappear. This Is Why We Need A Much More Precise, A Much More Defined, A Much More Patiently Constructed Campaign, As Well As One That Surveys Not Just The Terrorists' Presence But The Root Causes Of Terrorism, Which Are Ascertainable.

Appeals To The Past Are Among The Commonest Of Strategies In Interpretations Of The Present.

Every Empire, However, Tells Itself And The World That It Is Unlike All Other Empires, That Its Mission Is Not To Plunder And Control But To Educate And Liberate.

It Is Very Easy To Make Wild Generalizations About Islam. All You Have To Do Is Read Almost Any Issue Of The New Republic And You'll See There The Radical Evil That's Associated With Islam, The Arabs As Having A Depraved Culture, And So Forth. These Are Impossible Generalizations To Make In The United States About Any Other Religious Or Ethnic Group.