In order to eliminate terrorism one would need to eliminate a great many aggressive governments, including those of the USA and Israel. One would have to kill all aggressive and selfish people...or re-educate and convert them into a more pacifistic attitude.

That would be a big job. :-)

I don't think either Bush or Kerry will be able to do it. To have a war on terrorism is like having a war on ugliness or stupidity or paranoia or violence...or drugs. It's not feasible to ever win such a war, but it is certainly feasible to use it to win elections, raise money, seize power, and sell arms.

It's a propaganda exercise. The people who are engaging in it NEED terrorists, and if they can't find real ones they will manufacture some...in a convenient location where there's something valuable to be stolen, such as oil.