[TheHound]

Ya like this is some real deep problem. It is all about command. With out that little people don't kill themselves. This is not a problem of destroying a whole bunch of people - it is about killing the command and doing so for a long period of time. Try to imagine yourself getting hold of an airliner and flying it into the masque at Mecca - you couldn't do it without a group supporting you. Without leaders there are no groups - and nearly all leader do so for a reason, that doesn't include being killed.

[Deep_6]

re:
"...It is all about command. With out that little people don't
kill themselves....."

You appear sure of that. I wouldn't trust that judgment.

Religious conviction and a desire to serve the master is all that's
needed. When their "God" is their command, how do you stifle it?

Usama bin Laden is just a token; a convenient name for this immediate
battle, but you surely don't think that without him, it's ended? He
is not their God; their religion. He is not their cleric, he only has provided
a financial means to an end. And I don't for an instant, think that
financial backing will end that easily.

Those believers are not afraid of death. We are. And it's damned
tough to battle one that does not fear.