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We'll win this war.(War on Terrorism)

The American Enterprise

| December 01, 2001 | Ledeen, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2001 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The conventional mantra is that today's war on terrorism is a new kind of war, unlike those we have fought in the past. But that's not true.

We are currently waging a very old kind of war, and, as luck would have it, one that fits our national character and our unique military and political genius to a T. This is a revolutionary war, right out of the eighteenth century. While we will have to act quickly and urgently against secret terrorist organizations and suicidal fighters, our ultimate targets are tyrannical governments, and our most devastating weapons are the peoples they oppress.

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