Israel's success against terrorism

This article on Israel's fight against terrorism raises the key questions about what it takes to win against terrorists.

That means an ability to endure criticism from abroad and even to risk international isolation, a willingness to define the war on terrorism as a total war, and a commitment to focus one's political agenda on winning, not on divisive or extraneous concerns. Fulfilling those conditions does not guarantee success. But it does make success possible — as Israel is, at great cost, showing the world.

Michael commented to me on Mark Helprin's article below that to do what Helprin suggests means we'd become like Israel. I don't think America is ready for that, and I wonder if something will happen that drives us to it.