Our friend Mustafa Akyol again has a wise and irenic perspective on terrorism, this time in the aftermath of the killings in Mumbai (Bombay).
I wonder if it will register with the American left now--as a Democrat of their choice is about to enter the White House--that terrorism has to be met with force? That does not mean that one loses the ability to distinguish Islamist fanatics from ordinary Muslims (as Akyol makes clear) or to give up on diplomatic efforts, even with largely extremist elements in Iran. It does mean realism and a recognition that we are not the problem, the adversary is. You would have to be a fanatic yourself to blame America for the attacks in India.