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Air power only and assassin squads and some Special Forces--no boots on the ground!

Hmm, special forces are boots on the ground. Not permanent ones necessarily.

Are you saying that we should be training indigenous forces? That is the tradition mission of US Special Forces. It's also what we are doing in Iraq, although the job is bigger than the Green Beanie types can handle alone. But it is getting done.

Special Forces are the only boots on the ground I would use. That, along with heavy air attacks, financial warfare and political warfare.

Example of political warfare--I mean REAL political warfare, as in cutting off diplomatic relations with a country such as France that may help in supporting the terrorists. I mean EXTREME political warfare and be very serious about it.

Financial warfare. I don't think most members here realize how effective this can be. All through the War on Terror, Bush has OKd BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars to terrorist nations. Sine 2001, we have given a lot of money to Iran, Yemen, N. Korea, and every terrorist nation you can think of. Much of this is direct aid. Billions also go to these nations through the World Bank and IMF that the USA funds. After the Ban, Iran earthquake, we sent tons of "charity" and money that only helped Iran build nukes. Then they had another earthquake and we sent them more. TOTAL STUPIDITY. USA dollars are being used to kill USA troops.

NO Army or Marines. I would not send one Marine or soldier to fight. It is a losing battle. If we fight a conventional war, we WILL lose. We must fight non-conventional wars from now on or we will get our butts kicked and lose many fine soldiers for no gain at all. We are witnessing that in Iraq now.

For the uninformed, let me explain. When I say "get our butts kicked", the Army could defeat anybody in a normal war. However, the USA does not fight a normal war. The politically correct war tactics we use to "fight" gives the advantage so heavily to the enemy that it is impossible for the USA to win.