"If "nothing but lip service" equals delivery of Abu Zubaydah, Hambali, and al-Nashiri (IIRC), to name a few, then I'll take some more of Mushy's service. (<<<Things that sound dirty, but aren't!)"
---If u r are happy with the thought that Pakistan tosses u a middle level Talib every now and then (one big name every couple of months) then maybe u can continue enjoying "Mushy's service". No problem with that but just dont say that u r aware of the reality.
Cos the reality is that Al Qaida losses nothing if a few hardcores are handed over or killed. This isnt anything new. The mujaheedins have been losing hundreds and thousands of men in Afganistan, Kasmir Checneya and elsewhere. For ages they can afford to loose their top level guys and still have an endless supply of people to replace them.
And this is because of a very very efficient and well funded terrorist training infrastructure that is beyond doubt still maintained by their establishment (Army and ISI). India has decades of experiance fighting these scumbags. The terrorist groups are NOTHING without the backing of their Army, the ISI and their entire establishment. A few terrorist camps being dismantled under the glare of the media means nothing. In the occupied Kasmir region it doesnt take much time to proliferate new terrorist training camps. And every other day the Indian Army learns about a new offshoot terrorist group propping up and announcing their presence at the cost of civilian live. And there is no let down yet in Kashmir in so far as such activities are concerned. Because those lives arnt American so maybe they dont matter to U but do not educate us about the reality in OUR part of the world.
Handing over or killing a few hardcore makes AL Quaida even more stronger. Martyrdom is a very sacred or cherished concept in Islam. And every martyrdom draws more public support and more popular anti-American anger. Just what the Al Qaida wants?
This is "Jihaad" remember? Are u aware of the philosophy of JIHAAD? A jihaad is a war that is not supposed to stop until every single humanbeing is converted to islam or eleminated... regardless of the price the muslim world has to pay in order to achieve this goal.
Millions of young minds are taught this ideology everyday in thousands of madrahsas across Pakistan even now. Now u know where their real source of power comes from. U can continue being happy with ur "Bush and Mush can do no wrong" fantasy.
Like the old adage, I dont mind being proved wrong in my skepticism but I rather not live in a "fools world".
One last thought, just how long is America planning to fight this war? Or is America also planning to fight a never ending war like those "jihaadis"?
I dont see the American soldiers comming back home from that region anytime soon unless they decide to stop appeasing Musharaaf and "take the bull by the horns" or unless they decide to leave the job incomplete and get the hell out (in which case it would be diastrous).
You're going to lecture ME on reality when you don't even know who these thugs are? Okay, Prof.