Why Is The Long War On Terror Giving Us Little In Return

America Gathers Little Return From Its Long War On Terror -- Michael Young, Michael Young, National Interest

Last Saturday, American Delta Force commandos abducted a Libyan, Nazih Abd Al Hamed Al Ruqai, known as Abu Anas Al Libi, in Tripoli. This came hours after Navy Seals sought to capture a leader of the Al Shabab movement in Somalia, an operation that was called off in the face of resistance by Al Shabab militants.

Both operations cast fresh light on the American antiterrorism strategy after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Only nine days after that, George W Bush declared a global war on terror, a term that his successor Barack Obama discarded.

And yet the war continues with no apparent end in sight, since wars have a finality to them and conclude with either a victory for one side or a truce, and in the war against terrorism neither is likely to happen.

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My Comment: In all fairness .... I do remember after 9/11 that many counter terrorism specialists were predicting that this conflict .... this war against militant Islam .... or more to the point .... militant Islam's war against us .... is going to take a long time before it burns itself out. My prediction .... commentators and pundits will be saying the same thing a decade or two from now .... why are we getting little return from our long war on terror.