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I quote:
"...the end of terrorism may result from one or more of the following situations:
Success. The terrorists may have accomplished their objectives...
Preliminary success. A corollary to achieving objectives is having at least achieved public recognition for an organization and the cause it espouses...
Organizational breakdown. Terrorist organizations, like any organizations, must constantly work to maintain themselves. If recruiting dries up, or if funding becomes unavailable, the organization may be unable to sustain itself...
Dwindling support. Organizations may lose the support of their various constituencies--the populations they seek to represent or the governments or other organizations that support them...
New alternatives. At times, other options for political change emerge. They can include more traditional forms of warfare or revolution, mass protests, or political negotiations..."
Do you believe any of those apply to Bin Laden, in particular? They might apply to Western terrorists, but I'm afraid they have no relevance to the issue at hand.
And I don't believe for a moment that this will be a conventional war. It has to be unconventional because the threat itself is unconventional. The term "war" is being used loosely. We'll all have to see what that means in practise.
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