DTJ
And 'we' end women and children to find the WMD's, right?
It's not easy to understand the mindset of the 'enemy', which is part of why the insurgency in Iraq is tough to battle. Much like why we lost Vietnam. For the same types of reasons you look at them as Satan Himself with no purpose but killing us, they view us as a war machine that cares nothing about killing Muslims.
Filling the gapAny particular location on this globe? My answer will vary depending upon the behavior of local drivers. If this is the chicago area, infested with a nasty combination of 'me first f...
Neither viewpoint is right, they're both the result of oversimplifying reality. World affairs can not be effectively viewed from just one side if you really want to end a war, and not just drag it out.
You speak English? The methods and goals are different. Our goal in invading Iraq was not to kill Iraqis, but to liberate Iraq, right? Our methods involved accidental rests - not at all the same thing, but still a valid comparison. Methods and goals are different things, if you can't understand this get a dictionary.
How many dead Iraqi civilians has our military directly caused then? By your argument the killing of civilians is equally wrong by both sides, which was not my point at all.
If you wanted to think your point through, you'd realize that you just stated another reason why Al Queda felt justified in attacking us, since our stray missles and plants had end innocent civilian Muslims. It's not the same thing to a rational person, but your statement sounds like something an Al Queda member would say about the US military's actions against Muslim civilians at times.
Yeah, that stopped the attacks in our allies England, Spain, Jordan, etc... Oh wait, it didn't.
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Filling the gapI want to pose a hypothetical question here: You are traveling along an Interstate highway on which one of the two lanes in your direction of travel is closed for construction. Traffic is slogging along...
Ignorance of the enemy will lead to more ineffective battles, rather than fighting the person factions in a useful way. That's not to say I don't want Bin Laden's head on a stick, but it means that we have to find ways to fight them without inciting ten people to take each one's place.
Dave
