[IamConservative]

The root cause for the development of jihadists are the teachings of the Imams in muslim schools/Churches. It could fairly be argued that our foreign policy over the years may have incited a few to act out on the teachings, but none the less, the teachings are the root cause. The would be jihadis are taught from birth to spread Islam by the sword.

We are doomed to be conquered by the sword unless the left and the appeasers get serious about defending the US.

[Steel Wolf]

The root cause for the development of jihadists are the teachings of the Imams in muslim schools/Churches. It could fairly be argued that our foreign policy over the years may have incited a few to act out on the teachings, but none the less, the teachings are the root cause. The would be jihadis are taught from birth to spread Islam by the sword.

In conventional warfare, advantageous terrain is considered to be high ground, choke points, and otherwise important terrain. In the GWOT, the mosques and Islamic communities themselvs are the hills and bridges.

Firepower won't change that. In fact, too much force plays into the hands of our enemies. The teachings of Islam by themselves are pretty harsh, and will always generate some real crackpots like bin Laden. Wen whipped up into a frenzy over things like the long Iraqi occupation, large numbers of Muslims can be easily pushed into militancy.

[Twinkie]

The left and appeasers never get serious. Ordinary realists have always been the ones to have to face the guns of tyrants after the left and appeasers sit by and watch and try endless "diplomacy" while the tyrants advance. . then, after enough people die, ordinary realists have to take the wheel and the great unwashed realists have to shoulder the burden - while narcissists like Clinton dodge the draft and plan their own personal advancement . . that is what the burden is about . . "The Task and the Burden" as so well described by Marjorie Noon in her book written 50 yrs. ago.