Jihadism Kills Itself

Fareed Zakaria explains why Islamic terrorists have literally killed their own support.

The Simon Fraser study notes that the decline in terrorism appears to be caused by many factors, among them successful counterterrorism operations in dozens of countries and infighting among terror groups. But the most significant, in the study's view, is the "extraordinary drop in support for Islamist terror organizations in the Muslim world over the past five years." These are largely self-inflicted wounds. The more people are exposed to the jihadists' tactics and world view, the less they support them.

The situation is an obvious result to the trend of terrorism. These people ultimately offer no vision for the future and cannot succeed in the long term. Another reason the overreaction of Bush and the roll-over and play-dead Congress is really really bad.