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Defining the mission
My colleague, Amos Guiora has an Editorial today discussing how we define the mission in a counterterrorism context. The piece touches on Iraq, counterterrorism policy, and the political shift in the 2006 election.

The piece begins:

"As one election cycle concludes and another begins, some critical facts cannot be forgotten: Five years after 9/11, American soldiers are fighting and dying in Iraq, Afghanistan is far from pacified and the next terrorist act is a question of when, not if.

The Democratic Party’s success in the 2006 midterm election and what it means will be widely debated.

Do the Democrats have a plan with respect to any or all of the above? Did the electorate choose to “send a message” to President Bush and the Republican leadership, or were the Democrats elected because they are perceived to have a workable plan to address the war in Iraq and terrorism?"
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Posted by Greg McNeal on December 3, 2006 at 2:04pm
Tom O'Connor (mail) (www):
It's good to see the website back in action. When was the last post -- November? I found Prof. Guiora's piece a bit light on new ideas, but it is important to think afresh about separating the Iraq issue from other counterterrorism issues. When we disengage from there in 2007, I would expect the usual strategic assessments in hindsight might show we learned quite a bit about trying to export an American rule of law conception. A partition plan or democratically inclined strongman might have been more appropriate for that country, but there are many others that will surely involve coalition action in the future. And if not such action, then a domestic front where we will face even more difficult challenges. It's obvious bait, but the Prof's statement that terrorists have rights does not sit well with public opinion, nor with reality, unless only in generality. I'll bite and say it's also obvious less rights attach under certain conditions of suspicion, and that suspicion ought not to be a bad word that automatically conjures up bad images. I hope you all aren't operating under some sort of Constitution as suicide pact idea.
12.3.2006 8:25pm
Raj (mail):
The girl told me that she and her mother were sick and later the girl and her father told me that the girl doing ok.

The justice department told me that they are looking into it...

I contacted the United Nations to validate the Justice System.
12.8.2006 8:07pm