Eeek! Don't make them mad!

Here's a story for the New York liberals who are terrified to fight terrorism because it will only make terrorists mad. Then, shudder, the bad guys will really come after us and, like, maybe it will disrupt reservations at Elaines. Who KNOWS what the consequences would be...!

From the WSJ June 18:

In 2005 US forces landed on the sweltering, poverty-stricken island of Jolo to help the Philippine army root out an al Qaeda offshoot. Many feared that the return of American soldiers for the first time since WWII would only escalate the conflict.

Instead, the Abu Sayyaf group has been weakened the threat of terrorism is receding in the Muslim-dominated south of the country, long a breeding ground for some of the world's most notorious terrorists.

Dang, you mean war works?

Yes. Every time it is tried.