[virgil]

I think you're conclusion based on your premises is false. The US recogizes that terrorism is global, just listen to President Bush's speeches. In the past, I would say that the US as well as most countries have treated terrorism like isolated cases and tended to address them through law enforcement efforts. That has changed.

[swarthyguy]

We recognise and we say it but we don't act like we do.

India and Israel are urged to restrain themselves while we kiss Saudi arse and pretend the Pakistanis are our allies.

I'm going by what the US is doing in public.

There's a lot more going under cover, but this assumption that we have allies in the arab countries or pakistan is bunk.

In the past, countries from the phillipines to india to israel had urged the US to consider a global campaign but our response was to either ignore it or treat it as a criminal matter with no investigation of states - as in the clinton era.

Hasn't changed enough. We're still playing nice with the Saudis. And they are, IMO, our prime enemy.