Dick Cheney may be right about the next attack, but not for the reasons he thinks. Why peace may mean more violence.

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Unfortunately, Dick (if I may call him that now that he's just a private citizen) may be right, but for the wrong reasons.  Let's say that Obama does somehow manage to deescalate the violence and turn people away from Jihad.  Al-Qaeda won't like that.  They thrive among chaos and violence.  While they weren't in Iraq until we went in there, they did see an opportunity to turn chaos into civil war.  Their long-term goal is complete domination by their harsh brand of Islam, and death to everyone else.  In the short to intermediate term, they want to cause Jihad and violent destabilization everywhere they can.  It is NOT in their interest to see peaceful resolution; it would mean their irrelevance.  Since they never seriously believed the West was strong enough to finish them off through violent means - there are just too many Muslims willing to be martyred for the cause - stirring the pot is exactly what they want.  
The solution is to treat Al-Qaeda as the criminal thug gang it is, track them down through superior intelligence, as well as their weapons, money and personnel, and support the societies where they might thrive, so they can't get a toehold.  They are like a cancer that infects every region they land in, and they will have to be methodically cut out each time.  In the meantime, it is unrealistic to expect Obama, or any president, can keep us completely safe.  Speaking of realistic, we are far more likely to die from any one of the top 50 causes of death than from a terrorist attack.  Perhaps the War on Terror should be waged, and won, from within.

Authors Website: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/

Authors Bio:

Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:

http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/

Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.

A complete list of his publications can be found here:

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He is also New York State Coordinator,Senior Advisor, Director and AI Chair for the Public Banking Institute

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Scott has appeared on TV/Radio and in in-person Presentations to explain the principles of Georgism, Greenbacking, and State Banking. These may also be found on his personal blog: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/

Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:

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Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.

He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here

Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.

Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.

He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV

Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.

Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.

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