Alternatives to killing our enemies are thin on the ground. They...Islamofascists...would slaughter us in a NY minute, they've made that quite clear. It's the only reason they get up in the morning. What to do? Sit around and wait for another 9/11? Clearly this is unthinkable, so we act preemptively, either with force, aid, and example. Iraq and Afghanistan are a mix of all three. Iran's been warned. Syria, too. The rest of the usual suspects...Lybia, Pakistan, etc., are at least singing along with the choir.
Poverty, envy, anger, hopelessness, and illiteracy--(brainwashing, too), are behind Islamofascism. They have no voice in their future. What future? They'd rather be dead in the service of Islam since they believe they'll end up in paradise. But if reality meant democracy, or whatever form their country could achieve, they'd have an interest in living in the real world peacefully. Maybe this is pie in the sky, unachievable, but the alternative: killing them all, generations of young Arab males, etc., for the foreseeable future, isn't rational. It was a troubling speech, but the choice is rather stark. Somebody had to come out with it sooner or later. GW did yesterday. And did it make me happy? No. I'd rather pull up the drawbridge, mine the borders, and let the rest of the world stew in its own juice. But they won't leave us alone, and that's the sorry truth.
I think I am with you. We cannot kill them all but hopefully we can scare them, the thugs, with the possiblity long enough for the tyrants to consider changing. I would rather we didn't have to do it. But 911 changed that,,they are dragging us into it whether we wish it or not.
Keep going, you're getting closer to the truth.