Naturally, everyone -- including Carrol & yours truly -- wants to live in the terror-free world. The problem is that fighting terrorism with "considerable force" in the world of capitalism & imperialism doesn't stop it, just as fighting the "war on drugs" doesn't stop drug production, distribution, & consumption, & fighting the "war on crimes" doesn't stop crimes. If more concrete lessons from history are necessary to grasp this truth, one may look at the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan, the Yugoslav operation in Kosovo, etc.
We can, however, work hard & rebuild the Left (which will take decades, at least), so we may one day be in a position to eliminate capitalism & imperialism, twin major sources of terrors by states & atomized & ruthless fragments of the Multitude. A good number of leftist intellectuals, however, want a non-existent instant solution to terrors. Their wish is understandable, but it cannot be put into practice.
-- Yoshie
* Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Anti-War Organizing in Columbus Covered by the Media: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/media.html>