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Terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman tells Syracuse University audience how to win the war on terrorism
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| February 23, 2008 10:11PM
| Posted by Ngoc Huynh
Posted on 02/24/2008 11:11:42 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
To win the GWOT, we must all convert to Islam.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:15:29 AM PST
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Like they care. Most liberals on college campuses only concern with the WOT is how to use it to get a Democrat elected.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Start by rounding up William Ayers and Bernadrine Dohm who were making bombs to kill the people at Fort Dix in the 1960s. Since my family was at Fort Dix during this time frame I consider them out to kill me and my family. And they are living off the tax payers money now in Chicago and are friends of Obama.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:16:59 AM PST
by
YOUGOTIT
(The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Sounds like a long winded didactic way of saying “We Surrender”.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
More than 50 people attended the daylong eventWow! How many seats were left? Ok, let's all hug and sing Kumbayah.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:21:22 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
To: Behind Liberal Lines
that Americans need greater cultural and linguistic understanding.Dude, we KNOW what the Wahabbists want. World domination, strict application to the Koran and subjugation of the women.
I seriously doubt learning how to speak Arabian and dressing up in a burka is going to change anything...
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:23:12 AM PST
by
John123
(Socialism is the best choice for those too stupid to be liberals...)
To: Eye of Unk
Know my Enemy!
If you do not understand the language, culture and foibles of your enemy you will not have an easy time in overcoming his generals and their armies.
This is only a continuation of that thought.
Sam
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Sounds good in a speech, and looks good on paper...Just one problem, there are terrorists who don’t listen to the speeches and don’t care what is in print!
They have one agenda and thats the destruction of Israel and the U.S.
They can’t be reasoned with, they don’t want to sit down at the table and talk! THEY JUST WANT TO ELIMINATE US.
These people you have to eliminate before they eliminate you. You do that with extreme force!
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:26:42 AM PST
by
Halo-JM
To: My dog Sam
Ah, don’t bother trying to enlighten the clueless....
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:27:00 AM PST
by
misterrob
(There is no such thing as a RINO.....CINO on the other hand has meaning.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Step one in the war on terror: Break the eggheads who have nothing to say other than what we are doing isn't going to work.
Step two: Make the countries who sponsor terrorists know that they will pay a heavy price--up to and including ceasing to exist.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The West should have wiped out the Arab/Pali/Euro-anarchist terrorists that started in the late ‘60s. Anyone remember Munich ‘72, the “Japanese Red Army”, Leon Klinghoffer’s murder on the Achille Lauro, airplane hijackings (including the murder of the US Navy guy)? Instead, Europe gave one mastermind the Nobel Peace Prize!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents
To: Behind Liberal Lines
We could start disallowing Islamic conversions in our own jails.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:32:34 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
He told a Syracuse University audience this afternoon that Americans need greater cultural and linguistic understanding. "Without that understanding, we are going to fail," he said.
Leave it to an "expert" to provide a vague, fuzzy answer riddled with wiggle room.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:32:59 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:33:28 AM PST
by
Global2010
(Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Before wasting time with another self-styled "expert" I need to know who this person Bruce Hoffman is.
Show me who he "hangs out" with and I can decide how to otherwise waste my time.
Just as an idle comment, Rome had no desire to "understand" Carthage.
Cartago delanda est was unilateral, effective and permanent.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:33:36 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
4. Countering terrorism should not rely only on military operations. "Soft power" is equally essential. Hoffman defined that as information, economic development, political reform, and local empowerment. Military force can temporarily weaken or eliminate terrorists' capacity to attack. But that only addresses the immediate threat. A successful counter-terrorist policy combines military force with "soft power" over the long term. The goal should be not just to kill and capture terrorists but to break the cycle of recruitment and regeneration that sustains terrorist movements.
Already doing that and "just to kill and capture terrorists" never been all about that and no one ever said it was.
I love it when people who writes articles pretend there was such a policy that never existed. They totally ignore what have been going on all these years and pretend that the only thing the troops and government do is "just to kill and capture terrorists".
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:34:46 AM PST
by
Tut
To: Behind Liberal Lines
More liberal garbage, that stinks. These are the morons that will be hiding behind our brave military when the time comes.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:35:18 AM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(Id rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
To: My dog Sam
Worth repaeating, if I might:
Know my Enemy!
If you do not understand the language, culture and foibles of your enemy you will not have an easy time in overcoming his generals and their armies.
This is only a continuation of that thought.
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posted on
02/24/2008 11:35:32 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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02/24/2008 11:35:35 AM PST
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bvw
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