U.S. counterterrorist policy needs to exhibit finesse and nuance, not just vigor and muscle.
More emphasis needs to be placed on effectiveness than on quantity and strength.
Inject the counterterrrorist perspective into foreign policy decisionmaking. In addition, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism should have a seat at decisionmaking tables more often than has previously been the case. Elucidate terrorism without glamorizing terrorists. An active program of public diplomacy should explain to foreign publics why terrorism hurts them and why U.S. counterterrorist efforts do not. The public diplomacy needs to be adroit, as well as active, to avoid the pitfall of making wanted terrorists appear more like Robin Hoods than like malign criminals.