To: ex-snook
Let's get bin Laden, then over and out. That will not end the jihad. It is a cause in and of itself. Look at the twelve year old boys dancing in the street: There is your next generation of suicide bombers.
This is not something we can skirt. We are going to have to stop deluding ourselves as to the magnitude of the problem. Twenty percent of the world's population thinks killing Americans is the will of some pagan god. That is a huge problem.
To: hopespringseternal
The only way to win this is to kill 'em all. And we won't do that. Therefore, we will not win. We'll be fighting this war forever just like Israel has been fighting it since 1948. We'll just have to learn to live with it. I really don't believe our leaders are willing to do what must be done, even with a 90% approval rating, which will not last forever.
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