ARTICLE: Rethinking Our Terrorist Fears, By SCOTT SHANE, New York Times, September 26, 2009

Good argument for not throwing in any towels on Af-Pak. America always faces that temptation of withdrawing while the larger victory stares us in the face.

Same story as in the taming of the Wild West: we ponder infinite spaces, our enemies assume infinite time. Both sides vastly overestimate.

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