The American Spectator : Asymmetric Symmetry

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Asymmetric Symmetry

12.7.05 @ 12:01AM

Tough tactics in the terror war. A lefty lauds Syriana. St. Paul, properly understood. Our corruption goes deeper. Plus much else.

p> TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS br> Re: Jay D. Homnick's Polished Hamza : /p>

Much has been made of the conundrum faced by the United States when so-called "asymmetric warfare" is waged upon it. The leviathan American military, some would say, is in the end a Gulliver bound supine by nasty Lilliputians who hijack our commercial airliners and send explosives into our phalanxes with human (single-use) delivery systems.

What Mr. Homnick correctly suggests is that asymmetric warfare is what our enemy proposes, as it suits him, but not necessarily what we must accept. It is in the nature of a first offer, and one we should reject.

p>The liquidation of Mr. Rabia represents an instance of the restoration of symmetry, and one we should welcome, for in a symmetric war with the likes of al-Qaeda the advantage is entirely our own... br> -- Paul Kotik br> Plantation, Florida /p> p> We should be going after the terrorist anywhere they are, in any country. They brought the war to us and turn about is fair play. If Clinton had the backbone to fight back when we were attacked, then 9/11 might never have happened, but we were thought to be spineless and easy targets. br> --

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