[woodyinscc]

"But the war on terrorism will not be won through attrition, particularly since military action will often breed more terrorists and more resentment of the United States."

Sounds like the liberal talking points, I wonder what he thinks about the U.N. scandal.

[jwalsh07]

Lugar is smitten with the Vietnam War and World War 3, the Cold War. He's just too set in his ways to come to grips with another World War against an amorphous and dangerous opponent as embodied by the jihadists. He simply doesn't get it.

A nation can not establish diplomatic ties with terrorists. It's simply a matter of killing them when and where you can and making it difficult for them to set down roots.