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The article examines the importance of credibility in the U.S. war on terrorism. The author challenges the conventional wisdom that a healthy reputation for resolve keeps a country safer or helps it pursue its goals. He also argues that the credibility of the U.S. will not prove to be decisive in the fight against extremism. On the other hand, it is mentioned that the term credibility has been used in so many contexts that it can at times seem to mean all things to all people, while the credibility of a state is a mixture of its competence, legitimacy, resolve, trustworthiness, willingness to take casualties and rigidity purpose.