Ever wonder what it might look like if we won the war on terrorism? From TNR's cover story (by Michael Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi):
"During those same six months, the Israeli army destroyed most of what remained of Hamas's organization in the West Bank and a substantial part of its infrastructure in Gaza. Just last week, Israeli gunships rocketed a Hamas training camp in Gaza, killing 15 operatives. Hamas leaders, who once routinely led rallies and gave interviews to the media, don't dare show their faces in public anymore. Even their names are kept secret. Hardly a night passes without the arrest of a wanted terrorist. Hamas's ranks have become so depleted that the organization is now recruiting teenagers: At the Gaza border, Israeli forces recently broke up a Hamas cell made up of 16-year-olds.I'd pay $100 to see Stephen A. Smith scream out "the intifada is ov-ER!" And another $100 if he said "Abdel Aziz Rantisi" the way he pronounces "Slava Med-ve-DENK-O!" Posted by Stephen Silver at September 22, 2004 01:08 AMMeanwhile, life inside Israel has returned to near normalcy."