Opinion piece on New Zealand's role in the "War on Terror"
"When the trumpets sound again for the war against terror, New Zealand should ignore them. Why? Because President Bush's conventional territorial war will not defeat the sneaky malevolence of Islamist terrorists, from al Qaeda or wherever else. If Afghanistan is any guide, this war will flatten much of Iraq and leave it in ruins - a gift to Islamist propagandists throughout the Muslim world, making a bad scene worse.

"Why else? Because American nervousness about incurring casualties means this war could easily end in a cock-up like Gulf War I. Because, as the Bali bombing showed, our involvement would increase the risk of a terror attack in New Zealand, for no corresponding increase in our overall security."

Opinion piece on New Zealand's role in the "War on Terror"
"When the trumpets sound again for the war against terror, New Zealand should ignore them. Why? Because President Bush's conventional territorial war will not defeat the sneaky malevolence of Islamist terrorists, from al Qaeda or wherever else. If Afghanistan is any guide, this war will flatten much of Iraq and leave it in ruins - a gift to Islamist propagandists throughout the Muslim world, making a bad scene worse.

"Why else? Because American nervousness about incurring casualties means this war could easily end in a cock-up like Gulf War I. Because, as the Bali bombing showed, our involvement would increase the risk of a terror attack in New Zealand, for no corresponding increase in our overall security."