The conclusion therefore to pull out all the stops to fight Islamic terrorists at the risk of damaging our value systems may not be a very good solution.
Didn't say that. I think the Islamists who wish to inflict mass terror upon us can be fought without damaging our value systems. In fact, I think fighting them can renew our values because we haven't had our mettle tested in a long time. We have become complacent and satisfied, forgotten that life is not always easy.
The question in my opinion, is how much credit you want to give the engineers of 9/11 to be able to change the course of history.
They've changed the course of history in a big way already. The wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the ongoing WOT are the first phase of a massive historical shift, the results of which we cannot yet see. I think we are in the first quarter of a long struggle.
The ME terrorists have none of these assets. So are they super human? Can they do things that North Koreans couldn't do with all their resources?
No, they are just different. They have no state, wear no uniforms, practice no rules, are ruthless, willing to kill themselves in the process of inflicting terror, have no compunction against killing innocent civilians, and are well financed. |
