This is the first in a series of periodic Digests focused on how Third World media and ethnic media in the U.S. are reporting covering the U.S. War on Terrorism in the wake of the August 20 missile strikes. A new kind of terrorism has emerged, writes the World Journal, a Chinese language daily headquartered in Taiwan with its own editorial and publishing base in San Francisco. But the war will be difficult to win and will last a long time. For the self-styled holy warrior, it was the sort of publicity you simply can't buy.
Military academies teach that war is the continuation of politics by other means.
If politics is the search for allies, the U.S. missiles the strikes have handed Osama Bin Laden a significant victory. Too many contradictions of this sort foster negative feelings towards the U.S. among Africans, Arabs and Muslims. Washington has created a globalized world and world terrorism is now the price it is paying, the author concludes. Pakistan's religious parties have gained a new lease on life in the wake of U.S. missile attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. At the same time, Pakistan's economy has suffered more damage as a result of the strikes than any other country.