Conservatives must end their incoherence on counter-terrorism

What do we stand for? It's not easy to pin down, and that's a major problem.

The Department of Homeland Security, in Washington.
(Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In politics, effective leadership requires more than passionate words. You also have to strategize toward an achievable end game. And you must communicate that plan and those goals to your constituents.

Nowhere is this disconnect more apparent than with counter-terrorism policy in America today. Nowhere is true leadership more greatly missed.

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Tom Rogan is a conservative writer who blogs at TomRoganThinks.com.