El Gaviero,
You must have missed some of my posts. I don't believe in bluster, talk, big military action, cruise missiles, ground troops or aircraft carriers in this particular situation. I do believe in information and extreme pain for those responsible for every terrorist attack going back 30 years and preemptive strikes against the usual suspects. We believe in freedom of speech and expression here, but if we come upon a training camp and find banners proclaiming the by now familiar things about the Great Satan, the U.N. its bitch and Osama bin Laden, then we just take it out, but not before spending a few tender moments with whoever is still breathing and exact everything, via drugs and/or bamboo shoots, about the chain to the next camp, the next cell, the next courier. I anticipate that a lot of the people who will carry out these deeds will not speak a word of English and will never have set foot on U.S. soil. They will be paid handsomely in dollars or gold for their services. You and I may not like them, but they will be the only ones specialized enough to carry out the mission in the Afghan hills and Islamabad neighborhoods.
As for my statement about no longer observing the Marquis of Queensbury rules, it simply means that, in terms of our war and our national survival, no rules apply to whatever it is we may need to do. It is a street fight now and before we walk out of the house we better walk through the garage and see what's there that we can carry with us.
Another society embarked on a holy mission, a mission filled with vengeance and purity of heart, a mission which projected a cleansing of all that was impure in society and mankind and hoped to create a kingdom to last 1,000 years. It was, of course, the Third Reich, and it lasted about twelve years during which time it killed 21 million Russians, 7 million Poles, 7 million Germans and many others--the total count for the Axis war was about 57 million lives.
As I type this, the Senate has been evacuated on a bomb threat.
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