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Originally Posted by 450slcguy
And others were left off the list, ie.. Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, ........
How do we win this war on terror?
Some Ideas:
1. Appease the enemy, I'm not sure what that means. I don't know what will make them satisfied. If it means withdraw our troops from the middle east and they (Islam) will in turn make peace with the western world, then fine. That would be easy, cheap, and the simpleist thing to do. Save alotta blood on both sides. Could it be that simple? I doubt it.
2. Maybe the above and relocate the country of Israel to somewhere else (maybe Montana, lots of open country up there and Isreal is very small). That might do it. The only thing Islam hates more than the US is Isreal. I think we can all agree to that. I Don't think the Israeli's will buy it though, but I actually think that would work.
3. Continue the path were on for many, many years. Fight them on their own ground killing them one by one, hopeing we can deplete their will and manpower before we deplete ours. I have some serious doubts we'll ever win this way.
4. Step up our attacks, expand the war to include all hostile Islamic countries and take it to the next level warfare, nuclear. Scare the hell out of them with the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. Worked pretty well on Japan,
and would definitly give them something to think about. Unfortunity that probably would start the end of the world scenerio as we know it.
Those are my remedies to resolve the conflict. The only one I see that will stand a chance of working is #2. Would that mean giving into to defeat?
Not if meant a lasting peace and avoiding a nuclear war which I see as unavoidable in the near future.
Other than #2, the next best chance to win without giving up is #4. Ever hear of Armageddon or the apocalypse? Something both cultures religions believe as our destiny and final judgement day. I'm not a religious person but maybe there is something to that reality after all.
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I don't think it's all that cut and dry. Each option may be useful for a point in time and not another. As time moves the situation changes, you have to react and plan accordingly. The countries mentioned were:
Iraq
Iran
Lebenon
Syria
Yeman
Afganistan
Palestine
Arabia
Libya (not mentioned, but a previous state sponsor of terrorism)
Each country wouldn't be dealt with in the same way. Like was mentioned before, there is turmoil and dissident groups in every country. Ours blew up a federal building. Some of the countries mentioned have more orchestrated and connected dissident groups. It is in the best interest of the country to take care of that themselves - arabia, afghan, yemen, libya. Other countries are comprised of the terrorist groups - Iran, Syria, Palestine (not really a country, but hey). Still others are in transition - Iraq, Lebanon. You don't deal with all of them the same. The transition countries are very important. Not only to they provide a strategic base, as did Lebanon for Iran and Syria, they provide an example of what life could be like without the mullahs and the despots. Iran could easily be this if it weren't for the theocracy. Whatever forward movement there has been could be easily destroyed by something as simple as pulling out of Iraq. I see things moving in the right direction but I don't think it'll happen instantaneously. That's an issue for us in this country and the west - we have no patience and are used to instantaneous. That's why it has been repeatedly said that this will take a long time - even longer if we lose the transition countries, of which Iraq is the most important.