[Hoplite]

Umm, isn't the point of war to kill the enemy?

If you're intent upon genocide, sure. Otherwise, the point of war is to make your enemy tractable to your dictates until he's no longer your enemy.

I guess firebombing Berlin and obliterating two cities in Japan didn't work out so well either.

Neither ended the resistance of the governments we were at war with, as keeping hold of the reins of power superseded any concerns about the suffering of their civilian populations. Do you expect the Taleban would be any different?

[randomhero97]

If you're intent upon genocide, sure.

That's such a strawman and you know it.

Unfortunately, these people have an ideology so ingrained in their head's that they will never stop being our enemy.

Neither ended the resistance of the governments we were at war with, as keeping hold of the reins of power superseded any concerns about the suffering of their civilian populations. Do you expect the Taleban would be any different?

Didn't the allies win in Europe and the Pacific? As for the Taliban, I thought the whole goal of the War on Terror was to eliminate any an all supporters of global terrorism. That means there is going to be civilian casualties. I would rather it be them than Americans.