Terrorism--the big, ugly bad word. We still haven't figured how to fight against those who all too willing to lace explosives arounds themselves like the funereal flowers brought out for their victims.

It's not that we in the West, or our soldiers lack the understanding and willingness to lay down their lives for their brothers. Brothers; that's the operational word. But how do we fight those who are so willing to use themselves as deadly weapon's in increasingly deadly effectiveness?

Then, there are the reports of the taking of boys from their homes to be taught the hatred as well as the desire to imitate others who have already immolated their bodies to achieve their deadly ends. This is a perversion of the meaning of heroism, the call to holiness, and patriotism. How will we ever know the true numbers of those who have used this method?

I do not believe this is the teaching of the Koran, or any other religious belief. Yet, what can our soldiers, as well as the rest of us. protect ourselves against such rabid fanaticism? There are answers and we must work tenaciously on those answers. The number of deaths and horrible injuries, not only to our soldiers, but also innocent civilians requires our optimal application of workable ideas. Evil cannot, and will not supercede the values of good and justice. This I strongly believe.