We need to get back on offense against terrorists

We need to get back on offense against terrorist

Have we forgotten our post-9/11 vow -- to eradicate the cancer at its root?

Not to cut off tentacles, but to snuff out the terrorists' core dream (a worldwide caliphate) -- by wiping out all those who spread it. To defeat their strategy (to use terror tactics against a war-averse West) -- by obliterating everyone who employs it. Would-be future disciples will get the hint.

Alas, President Obama and too many other Americans now shun offense, thinking the problem's largely been solved, or can be solved on the cheap.

Rather than attack worldwide jihad full-throttle, we seek more and better defenses: High-tech databases, protocols and tracking systems to flag suspects among us. Security cameras on every corner. More alert bureaucrats (good luck, there).

Even everyday citizens are relied on to say something if they see something -- which brings its own problems, as false threats shut down city blocks.