How Terrorist Groups End - Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida

"The authors conclude that policing and intelligence, rather than military force, should form the backbone of U.S. efforts against al Qa'ida. And U.S. policymakers should end the use of the phrase “war on terrorism” since there is no battlefield solution to defeating al Qa'ida."

- from The RAND Corporation, policy advisors to the U.S. military for over 60 years.