Ah... and how would one go about making an ideiology surrender? WWII ended in Europe with the surrender of a nation- Germany.
WWII ended with another nation finally surrendering. Japan.
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazikistan, (all the ‘stans for that matter), Indonesia, India, much of Europe, parts of Russia, South America, and even the good ol’ USA have the enemy within their borders. But none of them have a “home” aside from their fanatical faith.
And aside from that, this war began long before 2001. “...to the shores of Tripoli...”
This is the single longest war we have ever been in. It has been with us since the dawn of the West. the Global War on Terror is an accurate name, but any dates on it should be labeled “Global Capaign on Terror.” That’s all this is right now. A campaign in the middle of a generations old war.
Exactly, why would we surrender Iraq to the Enemies, Our Troops have fought to hard to take it from them.
Ending it once and for all is long overdue.
That’s ridiculous - of course we can make an ideology surrender. We made fascism surrender in WWII, we can make “Islamism” surrender now. The policy now should be, as Bush had previously articulated, to destroy any state that sponsors terrorism. It’s a pretty well-defined list that does not include most of the countries you mentioned.
Do you not think Naziism was an ideology? You make muslims surrender the same way you make anyone else surrender: You make them want to live more than they want to be muslims. You do this by killing them in large numbers and making those you don’t kill so miserable and afraid of being killed that they give up. You don’t necessarily win wars by killing lots of the other guys soldiers, you win wars by making the civilian population stop supporting the war.
Islam is a virulent ideology and I agree we have been in a centuries long struggle with it. However, the culture is full of bragidoccio, but they are at heart, cowards. They understand force and force alone. The only way to defeat it is with consistent force. I only wish we would employ that.
As the adage goes, “While it is true that all Muslims aren’t terrorist, all terrorists currently are Muslims.”
We must remember that we are joined with Muslims in the fight against radical Muslims.