WOT - How Do You Win A War On An Idea? .....

[Blackhatjack]

... There is no way to win or lose. Why? You cannot wipe out an idea. We could track down and apprehend or kill every person who has attacked us in the past, but we can never stop the idea of "terror" against this country. And therefore it is ridiculous to think we can "win" a war on "terror."

Consider for a moment --with every civilian killed in Iraq, we are creating the next generation of individuals who embrace the idea of "terror" against the US, and who will in their own way support and put action to that thought.

Military force will never "win" and to characterize the conflict with these people as a "war on terror" is just the opportunity to wage a neverending, openended war against vague unidentified forces.

It is time for a change in identifying what we are doing and why we are doing it and when and on what basis we will finally conclude our present military actions.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Nuke Everything!

Hey, i didn't say it was a good plan!

But, seriously, it's the only way to win a war against an idea. You have to annihilate everything. Otherwise, it's futile. Not that i'm encouraging it. I would prefer we try to find out ways to make radical people hate us less. Then we won't have to be at war with them.

The Professor

[knowbody0]

2. it has taken five years

but people are finally beginning to realize this fact.

Our foreign policies have caused enough hatred to incite others to seek revenge, many giving their lives to do so. That's a hella lot of hatred and the more bombs we drop, the more people WE kill, the more hatred we inspire. Rather than accepting the catch 22 of this reality, AmeriKa is fed fear and propaganda. The latest being that unless we become Muslims they will continue to attack us.