(Matthew Levitt is a Senior fellow and Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy). I do not think we are concentrating too much on terrorism, it legitimately belongs at the very top of the list of national security threats we face today.
Is there a chance that we are concentrating too much on terrorism? If so, how have some of the policy trade-offs manifested themselves? Should the next president de-emphasize terrorism relative to other national security priorities? — Steve Clemons This week long terrorism salon will continue to be hosted by The Washington Note and UN Dispatch.
Oakley the Amazing Weimaraner checks in from the lake.
(Yosri Fouda is the Chief Investigative Correspondent and Former London Bureau Chief for Al-Jazeera).
(Peter Bergen is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation). For what its worth none of the AQ leadership are in urban areas. That was a very costly mistake for them. Since 2004 they are all in the FATA.
(Stephanie Kaplan is a Visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center). In regards to Greg’s query — Briefly, I don’t assume that Bin Ladin and al-Zawahiri are hiding in urban areas (but, of course, I have no intelligence upon which to base this assumption).
Julia Sweig in one of DC’s finest Latin America policy divas — and she appeared recently on The Colbert Show. It’s a great segment.
(Peter Bergen is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation). For a detailed snap shot of what Afghans really think take a look at the third yearly survery of Afghan opinion by BBC News and ABC News. If you don’t trust polling data no need to read it. December 2007 poll (ABC News/BBC)….
(Greg Djerejian is a financial services professional and publishes the popular blog The Belgravia Dispatch) With all due respect (and I sincerely mean this, not meant just as the requisite boiler-plate), I find Peter a tad too cock-sure in how he portrays more boots on the ground as a total no-brainer (“well, do the math”)….
(Peter Bergen is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation). The question about more boots on the ground is a relatively easy one to answer.
