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You are so right about "chopping off the head of the snake". The problem is identifying the head. WWII Japan had such a head in their emperor, who was regarded a god. Islam presents a headless beast, if we look for a single flesh and blood figurehead, it is absent. The closest we can find are the clerics and Imams. The real head of Islam is the Koran (Qur’an). Pure and simple logistics tell me destroying every copy of this work is impossible.

I’ve tried racking my head for ways to counter the teachings of this work. I can find but one answer. Eradicate the religion. Every other solution comes up short as long as the Islamic clerics teach hatred.

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Back to this post one more time. Something has been bothering me deeply regarding the "enemy combatants" held at Guantanamo Bay.

Read item 10 again:

10. Whenever legal conditions permit, kill terrorists on the spot (do not give them a chance to surrender, if you can help it). Contrary to academic wisdom, the surest way to make a martyr of a terrorist is to capture, convict and imprison him, leading to endless efforts by sympathizers to stage kidnappings, hijacking and other events intended to liberate the imprisoned terrorist(s). This is war, not law enforcement.

During the earliest days of WWII, Germany landed two teams of terrorists on our shores.  Their mission was to destroy some factories and instill terror upon our population.  All were apprehended before they could carry out any of their plans.  Because they were not uniformed soldiers at the time of capture, FDR proclaimed them "enemy combatants" and instructed the military to carry out military tribunals immediately.

All were found guilty, and all but two were given death sentences.  FDR ordered the sentences carried out immediately.  The condemned were executed the day following sentencing.  As this was military law, all efforts asking for Supreme Court intervention fell upon deaf ears.

When asked his reasons for such quick justice, and especially his insistence for the maximum allowable sentences, FDR said he wanted to deliver a strong message to other Germans that may harbor thoughts similar to these terrorists.  Germany cancelled all similar efforts.

That was then.  Guantanamo Bay is now.  Some of these combatants have been held two and a half years.  Where is the justice? I now near complaints of prisoner mistreatments are coming out of Guantanamo Bay. Well, that sure as hell wouldn't be the case had justice been done. It's Bush's call, and I hope he make the decision soon.