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Still, it must be comforting to have so single-minded a purpose. But there is more to Phase I of the war on terror than the demise of bin Laden or even the defeat of the Taliban. The collateral damage from those objectives has reduced Afghanistan to a nation where warlordism, betrayal and defection are again the order of the day. After 22 years of perpetual war, Afghans no longer trust any army on their territory. What they long for is security...
...taking up with Frank. Theirs is a true love. But the affair crosses class lines. His mother worries openly about it; if the kid persists, he could end up a lobsterman instead of the architect he wants to be. Matt indulges his son; he thinks this is just a phase. Who's right, we'll never know. For Frank is killed. So is, more or less, Tomei's role--she appears only intermittently thereafter...
...Afghanistan is just the beginning of the war against terror,” declared a resolute George W. Bush on Nov. 21. Now that the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance has all but defeated the Taliban, all eyes are fixed firmly on Washington, waiting to find out where Phase Two of the war on terror will take...
Many observers are already pointing to Iraq. “Phase two,” writes Tom Donnelly, in The Weekly Standard, “is a euphemism for Iraq. As the campaign in Afghanistan has progressed, a consensus has emerged that it is high time to remove Saddam Hussein from power...
...Needless to say, the prospect of being at ground zero of a new phase of the anti-terror war prompts dread on the part of Somalia's fledgling government. And European coalition partners such as Germany have also expressed reluctance to extend the military campaign beyond Afghanistan. But the challenge in Somalia and elsewhere right now may be quite different from Afghanistan - to prevent the emergence of a new hub of terrorist sanctuaries, rather than destroying an existing one. A mission, in other words, with heavy emphasis on intelligence and building the capacity and incentive for locals to stop...