Bob Capozzi has confused me with his denunciation of “unjustified terrorism”. To my mind terrorism is always unjustified from a moral viewpoint.
However the reason for terrorism (other than pure evil in the hearts of men) is that it works! The reasoning goes like this: If we aren’t safe in our homes in our own land, then neither will you be in yours. To the devout and to the zealous there is no sacrifice they would not endure nor a level of violence that America could inflict on them that would make them stop. Just as the American foreign policy elite found out the hard way in Viet Nam, war is not a calculation to be solved, but is a test of wills.
As to my claim that the reward for bin-Laden was raised from $25m to $50m. I based this claim on this news story but upon further review I now believe I was wrong about whether the larger amount is in effect. So, if that is the case I apologize to Bob.
--Ali Massoud