War on Terror

While terrorism and homeland security have been topics in the recent presidential debates, primaries, and speeches, the importance of the war on terror is not being played up enough. While listening to NPR yesterday, there was much emphasis placed on the recent mourning period for Benazir Bhutto. NPR also reported that there has been a recent surge in terror activity in Pakistan in response to the upcoming general elections. This development coupled with the recent al-Qaeda training video featuring young children that was released on CNN proves that the situation is far from improving. Having said that, whoever is elected in November needs to continue to make the war on terror a top priority. While the Republican candidates have always taken a proactive stance on the war on terror, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama need to take the issue to heart, as well. Like recent developments have indicated, extremist religious groups, such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas, and Hezbollah, are far from relaxing their radical views, and the war on terror will continue to be a crucial topic during the next term.