We can talk and talk, cite all sorts of statistics, construct marvelous narratives, collect anecdotes, offer incisive and powerful analysis. But sometimes a few charts says it far better than any amount of verbiage.
Look at these and you tell me how the War On Terror is going. See if you see the same obvious connection between America’s military intervention and geopolitical meddling and the growing threat of terrorism.
I remember a truly idiotic joke from my youth. Pathetically it seems relevant here.
“Why do you keep hitting yourself on the head with that hammer?”
“Because it feels so good when I stop!”
When are we going to stop, ladies and gentlemen?
When?
I’ve offered an extreme remedy to this madness.
It’s one that is so radical and completely outside-the-box, it actually makes sense.
Or maybe we should keep pounding ourselves on the head with a hammer.
Let’s really go for it. You can borrow mine . . .
