[Polybius]

I think its more then just the Baathist people. Terrorists brainwashed by Militant Islam are all flocking to Iraq with the prospect of murdering Americans and other non-Muslims.

In Fallujah, it's predominantly the Baathists. In Najah, it is the religious fanatics you mention.

In Najaf, the goal will be to eliminate Muqtada al-Sadr.

Elsewhere, it would help if Pakistan and Saudia Arabia target their own radical Mullahs as they are obviously a threat to the current regimes and as well as a threat to us. In Gaza, the IDF has ben handling the problem quite well lately.

[yonif]

Yeah, but the thing is this idelology isn't just in those two cities. It is just that those two cities are main instances of violent armed terror. But terror has been happening all over Iraq, in Baghdad, Basra. The US must target the ideology. It isn't just about a person or a group, it is about what is driving them to hate us.

[yonif]

In Gaza, the IDF succeeds in going after the physical enemy. It is a small place. But its wider goal should be to remove the cancer from the population. The cancer being spread by the schools, TV stations and the Palestinian Authority regime. This is going unhindered. The IDF could take down the TV stations telling children to go murder Jews, but a political decision prevents them from doing so.