Maybe -- or maybe we're still at the "1936 stage," or even the "1938 stage," where smaller-scale actions (such as we are currently taking) will eliminate the fanatics, and the larger populations are still not involved. We're certainly not yet at the "1939 stage," with its larger-scale slaughter that came as a result of not acting soon enough.
As President Bush pointed out last night, the key to the whole thing is to transform Islamic societies, rather than to force them into a war against us. That means getting rid of the Saddams, Assads, Arafats, and associated murdering bastards; and it also means we can't go around killing civilians.
Well, if you want to call interdiction in 1936 Nazi Germany a smaller scale operation, I would agree. It would have been easier to launch an invasion on the borders of Germany than the beaches of Normandy.
As President Bush pointed out last night, the key to the whole thing is to transform Islamic societies
The only transformation the Nazis undertook is when their country was conquered, under the command of the allies, and their youth forced into schools that outlawed Nazism.
That means getting rid of the Saddams, Assads, Arafats, and associated murdering bastards; and it also means we can't go around killing civilians.
Of course we don't want to kill civilians. When did the allied forces ever attack civilians? We must also realize though that the allies had to drop their bombs and destroy buildings the Nazis hid in even though they hid behind the skirts of women and their little children. It is a reality of war. The Islamists are famous for this tactic
If you would you call Assad of Syria a terrorist, it well means an assault on Syria. What about Iran? What about their financing of Hamas? That also will require a major military action. Civilians will suffer. These are not merely "fanatics", they are the propagators of an ideology that must be eradicated. We will be in these countries for a long time.
My Friend, launching an assault on Syria and Iran will certainly be on "Large Scale" and if we don't act right away, than we most certainly will have not acted "soon enough".