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UnfashenomicJul 9, 2011
While I admire his optimism, I'm not sure it's fully justified from the new guy on the job.
rogueslayer1138Jul 10, 2011
Leon Panetta headed the CIA before taking over the Secretary of Defense position, so I'm sure he as intimate knowledge of al Qaeda and its affiliates. Still, I agree -- it's way too optimistic.
dshailJul 9, 2011
Let's hope terrorism ends from the world.
dauntless1Jul 9, 2011
Definition of Terrorism:
"the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.'
Unfortunately, we will have terrorism as long as we have people willing to bully each other.
slayerabJul 10, 2011
There are still republicans, so terrorism will not end.
shingoexJul 9, 2011
Yeah...and killing the president will destroy the United States.
Do people honestly expect us to believe this? You can't just destroy an ideal like that.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2011
Nonsense, Al Qaeda is further divided into many factions now.
barackalypseJul 10, 2011
Mr. Panetta, this is a game of wack-a-mole. Al-Qaeda isn't the only terror game in town, too many people have bought into the concept of jihad to ensure our safety by killing a couple dozen high level organizers for a single terrorist group.
You have to figure for each of the couple hundred thousand Iraq's and Afghani's we've killed in the last 10 years there is a mother, or a father, or a sister, or brother, or husband, or wife, or child that has a reason to hate us enough to die to damage us. It doesn't take a high profile terror network for one of them to get a Visa to come stateside and start shooting Americans or burning schools down in broad daylight.
UncleRuckuJul 9, 2011
saudi arabia support al qaeda ideology
with friends like these who needs enemies
guiltyoneandallJul 9, 2011
I hope the media (Fox) is prepared to tell me who to be afraid of next, I'd hate to feel secure, then I'd protest about the TSA making absurd "belly bomb" claims and I'd be miffed about giving up my freedoms for "security".
/s
inetroadkillJul 9, 2011
Yep. Just another 10 or 20 years of killing the #2 guy over and over again and we'll have achieved victory. Maybe. Unless we do something stupid and piss off more people causing a surge in membership for al qaeda. .... oh s**t... we're f**ked.
choplifterJul 9, 2011
I don't buy this notion that we are creating terrorists by killing terrorists. Destroying terrorist leaders with pinpoint strikes has been hugely effective at weakening Al Qaeda. We might never defeat them entirely, but the current tactics we are employing are certainly keeping them on the run.
dachipzJul 10, 2011
Soo... if we continue to catch one every 10 years or so... we'll be done in... only 200 years! I can almost see the 'Mission Accomplished' sign now.
justatoolJul 9, 2011
Sounds like another Bush on American soil.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2011
Whose reach - Harry Potter?
agmlauncherJul 9, 2011
You can't defeat Al Qaeda. The best you can do is decades of anti-islamic propaganda in the Middle East to quell the level of dependence that part of the country is on religion.
A propaganda campaign to get people to realize there is more to life than their religion, and that their religion should be used as a spiritual guide rather than governing law, would do more good than brute force attacks against Islam's military arm (terrorism).
Terrorism is nothing but a weed, and its root is Islamic conservatism that rules the middle east and makes it easy for the radicals to exist.
rogueslayer1138Jul 10, 2011
Terrorism is not always rooted in Islam or even religion:
Example #1: There were a large number of terrorist attacks launched in Northern Ireland by Catholic groups in the 70s which killed large numbers of civilians. In the Ireland example, it was the social discrimination of Catholics that caused the riots and terrorist attacks.
Example #2: The Oklahoma City bombing, the largest terrorist act on US soil before 9/11, was motivated by anger against the FBI and Federal government and had nothing to do with any religious affiliations.
Terrorism appears to be an act of revenge and is vastly more common when the 'victims' are prevented from expressing their anger/views/opinions in a non-violent way.
Terrorism is more common in Islamic countries because of repressive governmental regimes that prevent protests, limit free speech and infringe on basic human rights.