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To win in war you must
1. Destroy the enemy
2. Destroy the enemy’s ability to fight
3. Destry the enemies will to fight.
Since this is unconventional war to us in the west, we must destroy the enemy’s WILL to fight by demonstrating beyond a shadow of a dought that their god’s ability to protect them and their way of life (cities/cultural centers) is Non-existent. This was the philosophy of every successful warrior leader in history, it is brutal and savage, but I challenge anyone to explain a nice and polite way to win a war. This is NOT a civic public discourse or a debate, it IS a direct challenge to the BEST way of life on the planet, The American Way of Life as explained in Our Declaration of Independence and Our Constitution.
Freedom Reqires vigilance, diligence, commitment, sacrifice, honor, integrity, and one hell of a stern constitution, otherwise known as GUTS!
Dittos to our WWII vets who showed us the way to win Total War on two fronts against pure evil. Remember, only 3% of the colonials in America won the revolution. The enemy knows this too.

” ...Remember, only 3% of the colonials in America won the revolution. The enemy knows this too.”

They did not.

The fledgling United States won only a single strategic victory during the entire AWI: the battles of Saratoga.

The Founders (chiefly General Washington) succeeded, rather, in not losing: they kept the cause alive, avoiding total military defeat until the diplomats (Ben Franklin, with some help) convinced the French to intervene. Spain came in too, then the Netherlands. The British suddenly had a four-way world war to deal with; military forces and other resources had to be diverted to defense of other parts of their empire. Public support for retaking the American colonies declined. They cut their losses by signing the peace treaty acknowledging American independence.

Drawing generalized conclusions from historical example is an uncertain business. It only gets murkier when one is ignorant of the strategic fundamentals at the outset.

Forum members are likely correct in their estimate that Western Civ will have to get a lot rougher with the Islamics, before the odds of success turn in our favor.