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Simple. Find the scumbags and cause them pain. Leave the innocents alone. We are better than them -- we don't target innocents.

You state the problem and the goal very well. But how do we do this?

I have one idea. As I mentioned, we used guerilla tactics on the English and the Vietnamese used it on the French and us. At no time did the English, French or we consider using it back. They, and we, were too dependent on our might and sneered at such peasant, low cost strategies.

Just for chuckles, what if we designated small guerilla units trained in infiltration, tactics and terrorist SOPS, and equip them with our wealth and backed them with our enormous resources.

We've used surgical strike teams before, but we've never prosecuted a war entirely dependent on them before. Maybe this is the time.

Just for chuckles, what if we designated small guerilla units trained in infiltration, tactics and terrorist SOPS, and equip them with our wealth and backed them with our enormous resources.

How about not doing it for "chuckles," but because when your enemy is a fluid force that forms when needed and fades into its surroundings, without fixed bases, territory or intallations, you have to have very flexible, mobile units, trained in various forms of infiltration and guerilla type operations, to deal with them effectively. The mistake we made in Viet Nam was in not sending our own guerilla type operatives into the North to disrupt their communications and infrastructure.

Ever since the Boer General Christian DeWet tied up 250,000 British troops with his force of 2,000 Commandoes, from 1900 to 1902, in what is virtually a treeless plane--the Orange Free State is not an ideal setting for Guerilla warfare--the lesson has been obvious.

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You state the problem and the goal very well. But how do we do this?

If you are into warfighting stuff, I suggest looking into "4th generation warfare" theories. This site has some good info on it. Cheers.