We need better ways to deal with Terrorism

Steve Clemons is putting together a conference of Washington players to try to hash out some more efective ways of dealing with terrorist.

On other fronts, I am extremely focused in a team effort to get key policy practitioners to get on a smarter course in thinking about and responding to terrorism.

I have been thinking about this for quite a while now -- and was on Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's side in 2003 when he implied that police and military responses alone may only be assuring a constant stream of terrorists.

The two-day event I am helping to direct will be huge, internationally webcast, and hopefully high-impact. The event is called Terrorism, Security, and America's Purpose: Towards a More Comprehensive Strategy

Here is the website, conference information (agenda to be posted soon), and registration information. Stay tuned on that.

It's pretty clear that leaving anti-terrorist strategy to the Republican know-nothings and their predeliction for military and police solutions to everything hasn't worked and isn't likely to.