These radicals WANT to die. The only way to defeat this mentality is to eliminate it completely, overwhelmingly, and with a large amount of force.
We're not ready to do that.
You know, I am still not convinced that they want to die for their cause. They are not warriors but cowardly men who hide behind the skirts of their woman and in the school yards of their children.
Our troops have reported that in the few really sustained aggressive fights between the terrorists and themselves...drug paraphernalia in large amounts had been found, suggesting that the terrorists must dope themselves up to fight.
Your post #168 is the absolute truth.
Most people don't "get it", unfortunately.