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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Afghanistan isn't run by them anymore, but they're still there. Iran hasn't budged. How about Sudan? Nope. Syria? Nyet. Well, what about Libya?
Even if we do accept that the ONLY way to deal with states that harbor terrorists (and any other state that the administration dislikes, ie Iraq) is via invasion, how many countries and deaths will it take? As Gore Vidal said, the war on terrorism equates to eternal war waged for eternal peace.
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I count 0. Iran, Syria, the Sundan and Libya are ALL behaving better, and it's because of two reasons: Iraq and Afghanistan. They have been naughty in the past, but no more. We will never see a long term state sponsor of terrorism again; the world sill simply not allow it to happen.
How many deaths? Well now, thats up to the, now 0, state sponsors, now isn't it? If a state gives aid and comfort to terrorists then its government get changed. That is the only way to deal with this one particular problem.