Well, you can put as fine a point on it as you want, Henrik, but the bottom
line is that terrorists harbor themselves physically in and are abetted
(morally, financially) by just such rogue regimes as we find in various
parts of the world. These regimes reside in and exert their power and
influence from actual cities, no doubt teeming with innocents, and there's
just no way around any of that. The hard case is that the only way to get
effectively at these people and their undesirable activities is to
eradicate them, and to affect this it will be necessary to maneuver in such
fashion that inevitable occupation of these sites becomes the reality. To
occupy the capital city of a country clearly dictates that entire country's
occupation, the invasion of that country with sizeable military force. All
of which speaks to war.
This is war. Make no mistake. I don't know how it will shake out, and I
have little confidence in our country's present administration, if you care
to know. But any half-measures are doomed to utter failure, will lead only
to further attacks and of an escalating nature. Soon enough loaded
airliners on kamikaze missions will seem passe to these terrorist cells and
soon enough nuclear devices will begin to light off in such places as Los
Angeles, Paris, London, Rome . . . you name the city, if it is large
enough, well-known enough, if its ruling government is the least
sympathetic to America's interests, then it will be on the potential hit list.
Deal with that if you can, and then tell me again all about how "measured"
the civilized world's reaction needs to be in dealing with this situation.
It is not always possible to deal rationally with an irrational man. When
that irrational man points a gun to your head my counsel would be to take
direct, forceful preventive action.
Tris
Unfortunately, there will remain amongst the community nations certain
rogue states which pay no heed to the views of the peaceful majority, and
these nation states must be dealt with through more forceful and gross
means. So sorry, but the candle of patience just burned out, and if
bombing and eventual physical occupation of these socially-resistant
lands is what's called for then so be it. No matter what measures prove
necessary, we need to steel ourselves to see this through.
There are no "rogue"states - only rogue leaders and/or fanatics
Henrik Dahl
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