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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: h0db who wrote (131092)5/3/2004 2:06:53 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
That war will go on and on and on, no matter what happens in Iraq.

Wrong, and silly. If the coalition succeeds in interdicting resources that the jihadis have hithertofore had in Iraq, then that's resources they won't have in the future.

Which is pretty much all we can do, with respect to the jihadis.

We aren't going to change their minds, so all we can do is make it harder for them to do what they do.

Their goals haven't changed in, what, 13, 14 centuries? When Muslim countries make it harder on them to operate, then that makes it easier on us. When their countries agree with their goals, we have outright war. Right now we're somewhere in the middle, much closer to easy than outright war, I'd say.
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