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Okay here are my opinions:
1)destroy the perpetrators of 9/11--i.e., al-Qaeda;
We are well on our way but we are not going far enough. Some of that has to do with national alliances, some with oil, some has to do with both. Until we are ready to put the finger of death on some of the radical Islamic whackos, we won't ever truly destroy AQ.
2)destroy or defeat other terrorist organizations of global reach, including the nexus of their regional and national analogs;
This is something that is going to be an ongoing effort, one that outlasts this president and the next and the one after that. Unfortunately history shows us that presidents are better at talking a big game in this area than actually stepping up to the plate. If a singe terrorist act goes un punished or underpunished then the whole effort is for naught
3)delegitimize and ultimately eradicate the phenomenon of terrorism;
Never happen, unless we manage to create some sort of BS hippy/ Star Trek utopia and even then it may not happen. There are steps we can take in a particular area of the world (probably not the ME, they hate us too much) but everywhere? No way.
4)transform Iraq into a prosperous, stable democracy;
We can do what we can but you get the government you deserve and they don't deserve it.
5)transform the Middle East into a region of participatory self-government
and economic opportunity.
This is more possible in some places than others. By and large, however, I revert to my answer to number 4. Also the big enemy to this is the Arab/ Israeli issue. As long as they are at each others throats, economic stability will be a problem.
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