To: Sender
I'll answer point by point:
We could not "be as low as they are" because we did not start it and we do not set the terms.
As you mention, it is hard to show enough force to deter willing martyrs. The Muslim answer to any amount of potential power is "God is greater" (Allahu Akbar). Therefore, the actions of even single individuals, as 9/11 was, are undeterable.
I don't understand your "Sword of Damocles" which you contradict with "you can't get them all." I believe in giving people a chance. But you must respond asymetrically. And at some point you have to say the h3ll with it and drop the sword on them.
The ideology of Shari'a and the words of Qur'an (e.g 9:29-32) and Hadith make it clear that this will at best be a recurring problem as new generations take it seriously, and a growing problem if not constantly pruned, meaning chronic war.
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Perhaps I misunderstood this part of your post:
Their is no option except to kill them all as quickly as possible, IGC and June 30 be d****d - Even if we fill more mass graves than Saddam.
Did you mean kill all hostile Iraqis and their foreign 'helpers', or what group? My point was that we cannot 'get them all', meaning Muslims in general who mostly hate us, so we need to find some sort of deterrent that the entire Muslim world would find beyond the pale. One common sentiment is targeting nukes on Mecca, although I'm no longer sure even that would deter them.
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04/12/2004 12:52:13 PM PDT by
Sender
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