Wars are not won by those that have the most planes, the most men, the most ships, or by those that kill the most of their enemies, wars are won by those that fight to win whose resolve to win outweighs all other factors.
Every time I read how we should bomb the innocent until the resolve of our enemies is broken I have to wonder how many of our "Carpet Bombers" have studied war as we have fought it. This country choses it targets wisely and efficiently, fights it's wars to suffer the least amount of casualties on both sides while achieving it's tactical and strategic objectives.
We want to establish democracy in Iraq, so what better way to prove they need it to live together then to allow a certain level of violence to rise up and try to stop the process. Mookie and his followers could be destroyed in a heartbeat if we wanted to and we have the means and the equipment to do so, but not the reason. Having him try to disrupt the process of the establishment of a democratic Iraq, tests the process, decides who stands where and for what side, shows us our foes, and marks those that are with us instead of just playing along for the time when they can kill democracy in it's tracks.
Our troops aren't playing policeman as some have suggested , they are scouting the opposition, figuring out who is who, and planning for the next battle, the battle that will forge a new nation that we can depend upon.
Thank you for the sacrifices you have made for this nation, as well as those you continue to make, you are not one of the lesser Americans.
Every time I read how we should bomb the innocent until the resolve of our enemies is broken I have to wonder how many of our "Carpet Bombers" have studied war as we have fought it. This country choses it targets wisely and efficiently, fights it's wars to suffer the least amount of casualties on both sides while achieving it's tactical and strategic objectives.
The radical loser (Long Read)
Der Spiegel ^ | 1/12/05 | Hans Magnus Enzensberger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694568/posts
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Contrary to what the West appears to believe, the destructive energy of Islamist actions is directed mainly against Muslims. This is not a tactical error, not a case of "collateral damage". In Algeria alone, Islamist terror has cost the lives of at least 50,000 fellow Algerians. Other sources speak of as many as 150,000 murders, although the military and the secret services were also involved. In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, the number of Muslim victims far outstrips the death toll among foreigners. Furthermore, terrorism has been highly detrimental not only to the image of Islam but also to the living conditions of Muslims around the world.
The Islamists are as unconcerned about this as the Nazis were about the downfall of Germany. As the avant-garde of death, they have no regard for the lives of their fellow believers. In the eyes of the Islamists, the fact that most Muslims have no desire to blow themselves and others sky high only goes to show that they deserve no better than to be liquidated themselves. After all, the aim of the radical loser is to make as many other people into losers as possible. As the Islamists see it, the fact that they are in the minority can only be because they are the chosen few.
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I can't think of anything the terrorist would like more (other than America cutting and Running) than America Carpet Bombers (insert your favorite middle east city here). These carpet bombing/nuking type of statement are what I would expect to hear from a 7 year old, not from adults, particularly CONSERVATIVE adults, We're supposed to know better and to be able to think, not just feel.