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p> WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? br> Re: Jed Babbin's Endgame Conservatives : /p> p>Jed Babbin says he's an "end-game conservative" whose objective is to win the war against terrorism on both the military and ideological fronts. Well and good. Just how does he plan to do it? I'd like some specifics out of him, for a change, and not just reboiled Simon de Montfort ("Kill them all. God will know His own"). It's easy to spout strategic platitudes, much more difficult to actually devise and enact a policy. And, while we're at it, it is a maxim of war that "A bad plan executed in a timely and energetic manner is better than a good plan executed too late." I fear Babbin seeks to implement a perfect plan some time in the distant future, when we'll all be facing Mecca five times a day. br> -- Stuart Koehl br> Falls Church, Virginia /p> p> I don't usually write letters to the editor simply to cheer on a great article, but Jed Babbin's "Endgame Conservatives" deserves enormous praise for its tough, clear-headed analysis of how the United States should be dealing with the problem of international Islamic terrorism. I believe Babbin's article captures the views of most Republicans and patriots on this issue. Of course, I think we need a catchier moniker than "Endgame Conservatives," but Babbin's arguments and perspective are spot on. Thank you, Jed, for expressing so effectively the frustration that many of us feel over the President's shifting strategy from killing terrorists and preventing rogue states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (the original Bush Doctrine) to a quixotic, feel-good belief in defeating terrorism by spreading democracy and "wining the hearts and minds" of Muslims across the globe. The sooner we return to the original strategy, the better. br> -- Steven M. Warshawsky br> New York, New York

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