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CIAO DATE: 12/5/2006
A Window of Opportunity - The War against the Terror Masters Redux
Michael A. Ledeen
July 2006
Abstract
With the recent outbreak of violence in the Middle East, the mullahs in Iran are aiming to capitalize on the perceived weakness of the United States and Israel. By backing up his strong words with actions, President George W. Bush has an opportunity to humiliate and defeat the terror masters.
September 11 happened when Osama bin Laden looked at us and thought we were ready to be had. We were politically divided and squabbling over everything. We clearly were not prepared to take casualties in direct combat. The newly elected president seemed unable to make a tough decision. And so bin Laden attacked, expecting to deliver a decisive blow to our national will, expecting that we would turn tail and run as we had in Somalia and that he would then be free to concentrate his energies on the defeat of local apostates, the creation of his caliphate, and the organization of Muslim revenge for the catastrophes of past centuries.