Terrorism is not state-sponsored. It is an independent network very much like the Weathermen of the sixties. The idea of terrorism as being a state-supported monolithic structure mainly supported by Muslims is crazy.
The only exception is perhaps Hamas which is pro-Palestinian.
Bush will never win any kind of war on terrorism because he doesn't know what it is. He can use "Cold War" mentality to define terrorism and it is as ineffective as was the "Domino Theory" in the Vietnam War. His form of combatting terrorism is not applicable to today and the nature of the gang-style terrorism that is out there. His idea of forming American military bases in Muslim countries will be greeted as it should be with derision by the rest of the world. Kerry suggests rightly (New York Times Magazine, Sunday Oct. 10) that a police action is required to deal with the network such as Al Quaeda and not to attribute it to any particular country. The mafia, organized crime, prostitution, drug dealing, and terrorism are correctly defined as nuisances. Bush's obsession has destroyed many innocent lives
Bush is a modern day Don Quixote tilting at windmills to aggrandize his power. His policy is wrong for America.

Frank