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Today at the Cato Institute, University of Chicago Associate Professor of Political Science, Robert

Pape, presents his book, Dying to Win, The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. What motivates terrorists to act on their beliefs? logic of suicide terrorism?

What motivates terrorists to act on their beliefs?

How can they be stopped?

Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Christopher Preble, addresses these questions in today's

podcast. What has America learned or failed to internalize since September 11, 2001?

Well, I think we've certainly learned what works in terms of killing and capturing al-Qaeda

operatives.

We had some success in the capture of Kalichik Mohammed

and Rumsie Bill Nelshi, the leading architects

of the 9-11 attacks.

And what we should have learned, and I think in large measure we have is that these

kinds of successes are one through a combination of patient intelligence

analysis in cooperation usually with our foreign partners and not often these

kinds of victories are not often won by military means.

Obviously the removal of the Taliban from power in Afghanistan is also an important part of the war on

terrorism and was was a combination of both military force and CIA and other

intelligence agencies working with our local partners so what we've learned

inviting this war is it's not

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