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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (33261)10/16/2001 2:47:58 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
Percentage? This isn't a high school algebra lesson. Abstract? There was nothing abstract about those 6,000 dead in NYC.

We really don't want to be fighting a conventional war against an unconventional enemy
Why not? Conventional forces have defeated unconventional more than once. Remember Che Guevera? How about the British in Malaya after WWI? The idea that the unconventional forces always win is a myth.

And who said we're going to fight a conventional war? Are those Special Ops troops going into Afghanistan conventional forces?

because it will just make us look worse
Pesonally I don't give a d**n what they think we look like. We're past that now. Way past it.

and reinforce that notion that we are at war with Islam (bin Laden's message).
We seem to be doing OK on that front too. But see below.

There are some points I believe you are missing. One of the purposes of this should be to convince other governments that it is a VERY bad idea to shelter terrorist organizations. At least if those organizations have the US on their target list.

Another is to make an example of the Afghanistan. So that the people in other countries throw out those organizations or those governments so they will not have to endure the consequences.

Deterrence. It worked during the Cold War.
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