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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (133587)	8/21/2005 3:00:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793623

If, on the other hand, your idea of the job of fighting terrorism is to attack the ideas that fuel it instead of feeding them by getting bogged down in wars that drain our resources and never end, then we should stop playing into the hands of the terrorists in Iraq. So, we don't use force, and we do what? lindybill@peacecorp.com

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (133587)	8/21/2005 3:29:57 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793623

You're presenting two strategies as if they were mutually exclusive, and that (perhaps I, or) the powers that be are so one-dimensional in thought as to see a hammer as the singular solution to every aspect of the whole problem. I certainly don't see it that way, and I don't think GWB does, either. Sure, we're using a hammer in this initial phase of the job called "Iraq", as necessary. Like any job of any complexity, however, different tools are required for different stages and I believe we have enough collective wisdom to figure that out. Nobody (at least nobody rational) is advocating that we apply the same hammer to SA and Syria and Iran and a half-dozen African fiefdoms. Iraq is a subset of the WOT, and is a phase that requires a certain method. Simultaneously or subsequently, other aspects of the job will certainly implement other methods as you suggest. It's not an "A or B" situation, but this specific and necessary part of the job is where we get our hands dirty.

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (133587)	8/21/2005 4:34:32 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 793623

I am just wondering what fiction you read to suggest the terrorist are forcing trained American professionals to kill any innocent women and children. The pathetic lack skills in the torrorists has reduced them to targeting women and children. That is changing the attitude of many who were 100% anti-American. The War in Iraq is not bogged down and is not draining our resources. The War in Iraq is training our troops in methods of urban and suburban warfare against hostiles. It is transitioning to training on the monitoring and defense of large open area. And we are also developing training skills to develop the defensive skills of indigenous peoples.