TIME.com: The Nation That Fell To Earth -- Sep. 11, 2006 -- Page 1

TIME.com: The Nation That Fell To Earth -- Sep. 11, 2006 -- Page 1

I found this piece by Niall Ferguson an interesting view of global threats. One lesson to be learned here: modern wars are not necessarily between one state and another with territory occupation by infantry as we new it. Modern wars between democratic states and terrorism require not controlling other states, but controlling the physical and financial movements of terrorists. By invading a country western democracies will only find themselves trapped in another unpopular situation, while terrorists will continue to develop their capabilities at home in any one of our big western cities. When is our political system going to start limiting the right to be free of someone who wants to use that freedom to destroy the system?