"I agree. The long term is what matters"
Re: Then why did you hilight such a short term issue as the most important issue?
>>> It's is neither a 'short term' nor a 'long term' issue per se. It simply is. How many new terrorists are springing up (the CIA says "a lot") vs. how many take a dirt nap.
>>> For example: is Israel facing any fewer terrorists now, then decades ago, despite all they've killed? I think the answer is 'no'. Clearly, 'killing them' is an important part of facing the threat, but not the only important part.
"But if more people 'sign up' for terrorism then we are killing..."
RE: If we are killing the trained and hardened terrorists, and some stupid, hateful, ilinformed newbies want to give it a try, so be it.
>>> Now YOU are making a foolish assumption. One doesn't need much (or even any) training to be a suicide bomber....
"then you can't call that success"
Re: It isn't a success yet. It is a work in process.
>>> That's the same point we started on: 'success' is only measured by the long term results... but you can't ignore the year-to-year results as you go, because that tells you a lot about how things are trending.
>>> The rest of your comments (what 'I'm thinking', etc.), are just unfounded speculation... bogus, so not deserving of reply. |
