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U.S. VR AFGHANISTAN The U.S. air strikes against targets inside Afghanistan are the beginning of the military phase of the campaign against global terrorism. The air strikes inside Afghanistan may continue for days, and military operations to assist rebel forces against the Taliban regime and to find and destroy Bin Laden's network will undoubtedly continue for a long time after that. While success of the military operations inside Afghanistan will be difficult-and success …

…be to show countries like Iran, Syria, Sudan and Libya that support for terrorism is not only unproductive and unprofitable, but even potentially dangerous. America need not promise to attack every country supporting terrorism to put them on notice. There are many ways other than force the U.S. can use to help isolate, pressure and even overthrow regimes that continue to support terrorism. But the use of military force should not be ruled out.