[patriciaruth]

The whole point of this article is that the invasion can go well whether we use irregular indigents (Afghanistan) or infantry divisions of the U.S. armed forces (Iraq).

BUT

We are facing a rise in attacks from the Taliban in Afghanistan (with Canada and Australia now sending more troops to help counter it)

AND we face continuing attacks on our forces in Iraq.

Thinking the Islamic radicals in Afghanistan and Iraq are going to go away is like thinking the fascist liberals in the U.S. are going to go away.

I believe we are in for a long haul on both fronts.

[metesky]

I quite agree, patriciaruth, but this is not new. President Bush told us all several years ago that this would be a long war "like no other", and I have never forgotten that.

We've had SF, Delta and CIA teams busy all over the world for a couple of years now and whenever I see some country or other making a major terrorist bust, in the back of my mind I always think our men and women have struck again whether they get the public credit or not.

I also agree that these radicals will not go away with a single defeat or even three, four or five defeats.

It is my personal belief that they, their families and their decendents must be made to bleed and suffer the way we made the Germans and Japanese bleed, suffer and die in WWII.

Or we could throw in the towel and live with our dhimmitude.