The War on Terror

Stephen Walt reminds us that there are two primary aspects of this war: military and preventing the growth of terrorist organizations.  Despite a lot of talk about prevention, little has been done.

Walt repeats bin Laden's three main arguments for destroying the United States:

• we don't care for Islamists, vide the sanctions against Iraq and our exploitation of Mideast oil.
• we support corrupt and illegitimate dictatorships in places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
• we are overly favorable to Israel.

Walt believes that we have done little to counter these arguments. And, in fact, we have exacerbated the situation.

What do you think?  I think he has a point.