WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR

With the on-going violence in Iraq the whispers are getting louder in Washington about an exit strategy.

William R. Polk has developed just such a strategy, based on his belief that the war in Iraq is unwinnable.

John Arquilla has some thoughts on why the war on terrorism may be unwinnable. He believes the Pentagon should create smaller action units to better fight the terrorists. Frederick W. Kagan thinks the problem is Secretary Rumsfeld's unwillingness to build a bigger Army.

Still, the nature of the insurgency and our inability to come to grips with a clear picture of it is what I believe to be the real problem. You must know your enemy before you can come up with an effective strategy to defeat him. And, you must know if your enemy has allies, and then formulate a strategy to defeat them.

Even the Tsunami disaster in South Asia has become part of the propaganda war with the jihadists making ridiculous claims, but those claims may be backfiring.

Finally, while we are caught up in the battle for Iraq, is there another war looming on the horizon?