The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad

Noted middle east and terrorism expert Daniel Byman offers a new approach to fighting the war on terrorism in his new book, The Five Front War. He argues that two of the main solutions to terrorism offered by politicians -- military intervention and the democratization of the Arab world -- shouldn't even be our top priorities. Instead, he presents a fresh way to face intelligence and law enforcement challenges ahead: conduct counterinsurgency operations, undermine al-Qaeda's ideology, selectively push for reforms, and build key lasting alliances.

Daniel Byman directs the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and also served on the 9/11 Commission. He regularly writes about terrorism and the Middle East for The Washington Post, Slate, and other publications.

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[heromasterbyman]

my name is daniel byman

[12ut5]

06:30 maybe 200 in Al Qaeda; 12 million who support Al Qaeda's ideology, but doesn't mean they all want to kill Americans

08:30 Iraq vindicated Al Qaeda's narrative

09:30 Al Qaeda has now reconstituted itself in Pakistan

13:45 apostasy a weakness

15:00 military (topple regimes supporting terrorists, some counter-insurgency, targeted killing, not other counter-insurgeny or limited retalitory attacks)

19:10 Homeland Security

21:45 prioritize

22:30 build resilience

24:25 ideas

26:30 Q&A's

[hobopopo12345]

this guy's a moron