[publius911]

Declaring war on all Islam is exactly what the terrorists would like us to do -- for reasons anyone with an IQ above room temperature should be able to puzzle out.

I have an IQ repeatedly certified at least twice room temperature and I know you are an idiot.

Ever hear of the propaganda technique of making assertions and then weaving an argument around a false premise?

Of course, being a legend in your own mind should convince us all that, indeed, that is what the terrorists want us to do.

That's why they're all scurrying like cockroaches in Afghanistan...

Makes sense to me.

[McGehee]

What was it, exactly, in your reply to me that was supposed to be persuasive?

From a strictly military point of view, even if someday we do have to have this so-called "clash of civilizations," we don't have to have it right this minute, do we? We managed to put off General Patton's wished-for follow-up to WW2, and defeated the Soviets without launching a single missile. Patton was right that the USSR was going to be our next enemy, but as it happened we didn't have to go after them right away after all.

Anyway, right now a lot of Islamic countries' governments are at least nominally on our side. What military purpose is served by making enemies of allies?