Winning the War On Terror? Guess Again.

According to the State Department and the National Counterterrorism Center, in 2001 there were 531 total terrorist attacks resulting in 3,295 deaths. Three years later in 2004, the number jumped 651 incidents or terrorism, killing 1,907 people. Last year, in 2007, the number of terrorist attacks more than doubled to 14,499 incidents and 22,666 deaths.

Interesting statistics. Interesting source.

Last night's debates touched on whether our current approach to terrorism has been effective with Obama assuming the Nay position. His stress upon our need to reflect on past approaches to understand how to best improve our future performance on numerous issues was taken by some as "dwelling in the past," but was especially important where the issues of terrorism and fiscal responsibility are concerned. (Of COURSE, McBane doesn't want to focus on the past....he's been an integral part of why we are in the position (bent over!) we are today.

I came across an extremely enlightening article at Alternet I thought I'd share with you regarding the SUPREME INEFECTIVENESS of current and past approaches to terrorism. The statistics mentioned above are quoted directly from the Alternet article. READ the article...and then try to tell me we don't need to evaluate and revise our approach to terrorism.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/100507/seven_years_after_the_start_of_the_so-called_%22war_on_terror%2C%22_terror_attacks_are_up/