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if bin laden's death causes another 1000 to join the islamofascist cause... then i would consider that a good trade.
numbers we can deal with, we kill a thousand jihadists a month... plus change. however, multi-billionaires with entrenched influence in the saudi government who also possess charisma and enough determination to spend a life in a cave while suffering from possible kidney failure... those are a rare breed.
kill the bastard, keep killing his followers and would-be replacements. meanwhile, work towards giving the people of the middle east hope and an alternative to dictatorships and totalitarian islamic states through tough foreign policy directed towards those who foment hate... including use of force when all else fails. it's the only way to achieve a long-standing solution.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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