[hellbender]

Here is one problem. It has never been the foreign policy goal of this nation to eliminate the real problem, which is Islam itself. Ruthless pursuit of war against some Muslims, thereby leading to our complicity in the foundation of new "Islamic Republics," where our Christian brethren are expelled or killed, whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or elsewhere, is a waste of our national wealth and of the lives of American soldiers.

[gthog61]

Being a southerner I am not Sherman’s biggest fan but I sure do wish we fought wars now like he did then.

[Pontiac]

Here is one problem. It has never been the foreign policy goal of this nation to eliminate the real problem, which is Islam itself.

Considering there are more than a billion Muslims in the world I think that would be and unrealistic goal.

However if we could truly totally destroy fundamentalist terrorist Islam we may be able to trigger a reform of Islam to a more peaceful form.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

This is the horrible truth that western society has avoided. It seems to me we have two choices - defeat islam or be defeated by it. The situation is not too different from that leading up to WWII. Having just been bled white by WWI, the allies could not face up to what bloodshed lay just ahead, so they opted for a policy of appeasement and kicking the can down the road. In the end the choice was made for them. Hitler on the other hand, knew the death and destruction of WWI but did not shy away from more of the same. That gave him an advantage - and had he not attacked the USSR, it might have been a decisive advantage.

There will never be a “war to end all wars” not then and not now. You might say that warfare is the natural state of existence for human beings and that peace is the aberration.