IDF chief to NATO: defeat global terrorism http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/idf-chief-to-nato-defeat-global-terrorism/ Defeating global terrorism is our main objective, the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff told a NATO defense conference. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-11-20T;15:01:01-05:00 Comment by Maskil altneuland@gmail.com “Global terrorism” is not the threat.  The use of global terrorism by Islamists (Islamo-fascists) is the threat.  Terror is a tool in their hands, not the underlying problem.  Aren’t we always taught to deal with root causes, rather than the symptoms? Perhaps there’s also some context that didn’t make it to through to the article, but what about the protection of Israeli lives (and non-Israeli Jewish lives), property and interests?  Shouldn’t that be part of the core mission of the IDF? “Global terrorism” is not the threat.  The use of global terrorism by Islamists (Islamo-fascists) is the threat.  Terror is a tool in their hands, not the underlying problem.  Aren’t we always taught to deal with root causes, rather than the symptoms?

Perhaps there’s also some context that didn’t make it to through to the article, but what about the protection of Israeli lives (and non-Israeli Jewish lives), property and interests?  Shouldn’t that be part of the core mission of the IDF?

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