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Originally Posted by Fincuan
It's greatly confusing how Americans here always complain about the lack of political will to take down terrorists, and what happens then? You got a president who has ever since the beginning of his tenure demonstrated he has at least some kind of balls what comes to this arena, and it's actually a fault that he did something. It's just because of the polls. Come on, try to decide that you want. Should there be political willpower to take down terrorists or not?
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Political willpower that only appears when its politically expedient is what makes folks have no use for politicians.
The will to wage a war on terrorism does not exist. Hasn't and won't. What does exist is the will to wage limited actions when its convienent. The current administration is no different than the last on that score.
War doesn't ease up to lessen civilian casualties. War doesn't protect the innocent. War is uncaring. War is an US or THEM equation - the loser dies.
To end terrorism, you have to kill its foundation, its various reasons for existing (which right now is "extreme" islam - but has been any number of causes over history). Do you think the path the "civilized" world is on against islamic fundamentalism is ever going to erradicate it as a belief system? The strategy being used can only try (and fail) to contain it.
You can't take down all the terrorists as long as they have a populace to hide in that refuses to point them out and isolate them. Thus this strategy is doomed to ultimate failure.