[expatguy]

"...If we, theoretically, dropped a bomb on those people celebrating our soldiers' deaths...[sic]"

Bomb them with what? More "Culturally Sensitive Ready-to Eat-Meals"?

When we stop this stupid "politically correct" crap we will have a chance to win this war. Otherwise we are doomed.

There is no winning the hearts and minds of these people. They dont respect us at all. They see us as weak, and the truth is that we are.

This attack emboldens them further and brings more into the fold. No amount of "good will" on our part is going to reverse this. They are winning and they know it.

The ONLY way to reverse this and bring any possible measure of hope is to let the so-called moderates do it.

Bomb every single one of them until the moderates (aka sympathizers) themselves are hunting down the extremists in their own religion and either killing them or begging them to stop.

[risk]

I think we can look at tactics first. Dialup Llama is asking good questions: why are we flying so low and without seeming to take evasive action? Why don't we have areas around airports secured, etc... We need to get the Iraqis out on the streets protecting their own people while we take care of the more difficult stuff -- but not with targets on our backs.

[Truth29]

There needs to be a lot more fear of the USA in the world and a lot less empathizing by us trying to win hearts that only want us dead or worse.

...starting with the village near where our chopper was shot down today.

[HadEnough]

You got it right.

By the time we crossed into Germany in WWII, we had firebombed major German cities into ash. As a result, there was NO fanatic support for the Nazi's. After firebombing Tokyo and other major cities, we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki ensuring the victory before ever setting foot on Japan.

Bush is more concerned about "alienating" the pig-humping Islamic immigrants in the US before the next election, than securing a victory.