One never really knows who one's enemy is.

Each murder is one too many.

Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists

Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.

The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11...only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.

The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.

I take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction