Op-Ed Columnist: Origin of Species

Op-Ed Columnist: Origin of Species:

Thomas Friedman makes an interesting comparison between terrorism and globalization of the economy. Michael Mandelbaum suggest that the presidential election is about both these realities, but the Democrats cannot stem the global economy. If Kerry runs on a protectionist platform, he cannot deliver the goods. Bush running as a war president against the terrorist threat, cannot totally prevent terrorism, though so far he has kept America from another attack.

I think we'll experience another attack before the election because Al Qaida does not want Bush in office

"Both Infosys and Al Qaeda challenge America: Infosys by competing for U.S. jobs through outsourcing, and Al Qaeda by threatening U.S. lives through terrorism. As Michael Mandelbaum, the Johns Hopkins foreign policy professor, put it: 'Our next election will be about these two challenges � with the Republicans focused on how we respond to Al Qaeda, and the losers from globalization, and the Democrats focused on how we respond to Infosys, and the winners from globalization.'
Every once in a while the technology and terrorist supply chains intersect � like last week. Reuters quoted a Spanish official as saying after the Madrid train bombings: 'The hardest thing [for the rescue workers] was hearing mobile phones ringing in the pockets of the bodies. They couldn't get that out of their heads.' "