When you don´t have accountability you have corruption. Simple as that.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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Removing state support for terrorist groups must be the top priority, writes Colin Rubenstein.
After five years, we have avoided some of our worst post-September 11 fears. We have seen Bali, Madrid, London, Mumbai and many smaller attacks by terrorists driven by the same Islamist totalitarian ideology that inspired the September 11 atrocities. But despite some attempts, there has been no successful attack on a similar scale since then. Moreover, the nightmare scenario of a terrorist attack on a major Western city with non-conventional weapons has not come to pass.
This is largely because the West has succeeded on a number of fronts. Our law enforcement has improved to the point where we are thwarting most terror plots. Our international military and diplomatic efforts have reduced al-Qaeda to a shadow of its former self, not only losing its base camps in Afghanistan, but its financial and political support from both the Taliban and elements of the establishment in the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia.
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