Thread: Are we safer?
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Old 08-04-2005, 04:53 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rekna
While bombs and force may stop an imediate threat what does it do to the long term threat?
That depends on how effective the bombs and force may be at destroying the structure, financing, stability and population of the enemy. Frankly, it is impossible to fight a war against people you only see when they are killing you. You have to stir up the terrorists in order to get them out in the open. Otherwise, the only time you'll see them is when they are flying planes into buildings or blowing themselves up on buses and trains. We've stirred up a hornets nest, sure, but we've gotten them out of their nest and out into the open where they can be killed. We have to keep doing this, while at the same time destroying the ideology that encourages terrorism (by encouraging Islamic Reformation).
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