We don't wan to:
My dream comes true:
We flatten The Taliban, and Osama "escapes"...
We hear that he is at the Madrassa schools Pakistan. Flatten Madrassa schools, Osama "escapes"...
We hear that he is in Indonesia. Flatten Indonesia, Osama "escapes"...
We hear he is in Somalia. Flatten Somalia, Osama "escapes"...
He becomes the "Flying Dutchman" of the Muslim world, where ever he is sighted, disaster follows.
It won't be too long before NOBODY wants him in their back yard. Pretty hard to be a martyr under those circumstances. Also we can have "reliable reports" from "secret sources" that he has been spotted anywhere we want him to have been spotted...
By having him hopscotch through the entire non-arab Muslim world first, we preserve the alliance.
By the time we get to Arab countries, they will have lost any moral standing they may have had in the Muslim world...
We keep this up until:
1) State sponsored terrorism stops.
2) The Mythical Moderate Muslism regain control of their religion, or
3) The Koran is read only in hell.
Damn, if I don't like it. The "Flying Dutchman" concept works for me. I don't care if OBL is a CGI sim, it doesn't matter. What matters is that people BELIEVE he is there, kinda like some evil Santa Claus.
Like Elvis, reports surface concerning his "miraculous" appearance, and the thermobaric warheads follow the reports. I figure it would only take a few before "behavior modification" begins to take place.
Your idea is workable, already mostly in place, and would have the desired result. If thermobarics aren't enough, then we "kick it up a notch" and go to the valley of the mushrooms...
Keep the Faith for Freedom
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPOUBLIC FROM THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER BOTH WITHIN, AND OUTSIDE, HER BORDERS.
Greg