Terrorism exploits the technologies spawned by globalisation, recruits its foot soldiers on ideologies of bigotry and hatred, and directly targets democracies. And yet it is a sad reality that international networks of terror appear to cooperate more effectively among themselves than the democratic nations that they target. We speak about cooperation, but seem hesitant to commit ourselves to a global offensive to root out terrorism, with the pooling of resources, exchange of information, sharing of intelligence, and the unambiguous unity of purpose required. This must change. We do have a global coalition against terrorism. We must now give it substance and credibility, avoiding selective approaches and political expediency.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, from his Thursday address to the United Nations General Assembly.

The full text of the address which I have linked to is from newkerala.com. Kerala is a state in the south of India where my good friend Sam is originally from. (He and I are going to go visit there together, once someone mails us a winning lottery ticket. I realize it is harder to win if you don't actually play...but statistically, the odds are really not that much worse.)