Three years have passed since America took the War on Terrorism to Afghanistan. It’s time to ask how it’s working. Are we better off than we were? Let’s review.
The day after September 11, many Americans thirsted for revenge, and surely that’s what the terrorists who carried out the hijackings were hoping for. Surely, they were calculating that an all-out American attack on a Muslim country would drive a wedge between Islam and the West and send millions of fresh recruits into their Jihadist ranks. At that point the stage was set for a vicious cycle of strike and counterstrike that would have enacted a global version of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, with America cast in the role of Israel.
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