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Win war on terror at home with shift in foreign policy. Our leaders need to get past the simple-minded “secure our borders and ports” mentality and dig deeper into the question of what drives terrorism. We shouldn’t be surprised to find that the answer resides close to home.

In other words, the war on terror will be won at home, by changing our foreign policy. It may take some years to do so. But the alternative is an endless cycle in which our government’s militarism generates more hatred and terrorist attacks, which then are used to justify further military actions – further eroding our civil liberties, living standards and the moral fabric of our society.