Good News in the War on Terror
Lest anyone think I relish bashing Bush I will be the first to announce some good news that the President and his Administration will be certain to tout in April concerning progress in the global war on terrorism (GWOT). After two straight years of unprecedented increases terrorist incidents in which people were killed or wounded outside of Iraq and Afghanistan have declined significantly. While it may be premature to pop champagne corks, there was only one major mass casualty terrorist attack outside the aforementioned war zones--Mumbai, India, which killed more than 200 and wounded over 700.
How much credit the Bush Administration deserves for the decrease, or conversely blame for the previous increases, is beyond my ability to assign. Iraq and Afghanistan continue to spiral downwards, so this is unlikely to help Bush's fortunes too much in any case.
Still, fewer terror attacks outside of those war zones is good news. There might be hope for us yet.
