Welcome to the tropical Philippine island of Jolo, where life is like a Corona ad鈥攃oconut trees, white-sand beaches, bathtub-warm seas. Except those guys in the water are U.S. Green Berets, and those kids on dirt bikes are jihadists known for kidnapping Western tourists. Even stranger? On this front, at least, America seems to be winning.
In this podcast, reporter John Falk talks to Anthony Cerretani about his trip to the Philippines to report on the war on terror.
Read Falk's story, This is the War on Terror. Wish You Were Here!