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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I'm sure many will disagree but in a war you pick a side and do what you can to win. There is no high road when dealing with terrorists, there is no credit given to moral treatment of prisoners or civilians. You are dealing with savages with no morals, many trying to use violence against our troops as a way to gain respect and power in their little world. Trying to fight a "fair" way just leads to defeat in both reality and in the public opinion.
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calling this a war is a misnomer. terrorism is a form of criminality-we aren't fighting a country, a standing army-the 21st century version of germany or north korea. the tactics that won us 2 world wars will not work here. i know you can't fight a fair war, i just happen to think this should be treated in a different way, and that our army, navy and air force aren't the tools to be used.
gang wars in l.a. aren't handled by the u.s. military, and terrorism shouldn't and can't be either.
going into afganistan with arms and armor to remove that regime of course is an army job. finding isolated groups of terrorists and those who support them monetarily is not.
we need to assist other countries with law enforcement and investigations, and of course get bank accounts frozen who fund these guys. one of the side effects of the world economy going down the toilet is that $$ getting funneled to these groups is on a rapid decline.