Wadeusaf: “Limiting the enemy to the Taliban and to Al Qaeda would be a huge mistake.” Essentially correct, but too narrow. The Islamicists are not the only enemy, there are also actors such as the FARC, and the various old Communist failed states in places as diverse North Korea, Myanmar, Cuba, as well as the new Communist states such as Venezuela. All of these have certain characteristics in common with the Islamicists. Most notable among these traits is the following: were the behaviors displayed by these groups presented by an individual within any modern society it would be considered not only aberrant but criminal. They are more akin to criminal gangs operating under cover of a totalistic ideology which, unable to compete in the mainstream culture must resort to creating chaos through violence in order to survive and prosper. GWB’s central insight was that the post 9/11 problem was not specifically and simply bin Laden and Al Qaeda, but the entire culture that had spawned them. It is my belief that even that wider focus is too narrow.