The West also does not have the Will to remove those in our midst that are potential terrorists. Their perceived rights override my and your safety. An excellent illustration of this is how the TSA checks passengers before an airline flight.
In my mind, the bottom line is that the lawyers are now in charge. Consider the ludicrous case where persons can be on a mountain top firing at American and other combat personnel and we can't fire back because of some perceived imaginary line that was established about 100 years ago. When we have a general state that he likes to kill, they want to relieve him of command. And so on.
We ultimately reap as we sow.
Excellent post.
GWB goes after a harmless straw dog Saddam...when he SHOULD have invaded Saudia Arabia. They are STILL funding terrorists to the tune of billions to this day.
This 'war' has been going on for 1,400 years. Even if the West loses this stage of the WOT, over the next 100 years, the remnants of those that advocate a stronger response will eventually take it to them. Within 100-200 years, if Islam doesn't reform, the Middle East will be nuked to oblivion.
Tell that to Saddam and Mullah Omar. We, and the Brits, certainly had the cojones to whack the snot out of them. Assad and the Ayatollah's turns are coming. Possibly sooner rather than later.