"When I kill one I create three"

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Military leaders admit they can't stop the insurgency through military means:

Military Action Won't End Insurgency, Growing Number of US Officers Believe

 

[dkara]

Military leaders admit they can't stop the insurgency through military means:

Military Action Won't End Insurgency, Growing Number of US Officers Believe

Too true and too sad. We are the biggest boom to terrorists since the beginning of terrorists.

And my daugher, Army 10 years, gives birth next month and is going to Iraq in December. Am I scared? Oh yeah...

 

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Too true and too sad. We are the biggest boom to terrorists since the beginning of terrorists.

And my daugher, Army 10 years, gives birth next month and is going to Iraq in December. Am I scared? Oh yeah...

I think it should be "George Bush poster child for terrorists". Like I've said before, you can't wage war against an abstract noun. Obviously, he doesn't understand that.

I truly hope your daughter comes back safe and well. I can't imagine what you will go through.

 

[Sycophant]

"We can't kill them all," Wellman said. "When I kill one I create three."

I've been saying this since the beginning - I can't believe people don't understand this fact.

 

[Zippythepinhead]

"We can't kill them all," Wellman said. "When I kill one I create three."

I've been saying this since the beginning - I can't believe people don't understand this fact.

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

 

[fieldy]

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

I'll assume you're kidding.

 

[Machjo]

I'll assume you're kidding.

He is fielding a republican symbol!

 

[Sycophant]

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

Yes, and then you'll have made "terrorists" of the rest of the Islamic and Arab world, and probably a fair few others as well.

People don't become terrorists because they think it's fun. They do it because they believe they are fighting an injustice. Killing people is just bringing the fight to more families who may otherwise have remained uninvolved.

 

[BeamMeUpScotty]

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

Well, there is the "clueless" icon next to his republican elephant.

 

[MadeInOz]

I think we're ultimately caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, so to speak. If we allow the terrorists to operate with impunity, then there is no control, but if we so agitate and aggravate the civilian population in clamping down on terrorists, then we are only creating more problems. Invading Iraq was the biggest boon to Al Qaeda, and all associated terrorist organisations, and not least because it took the focus off the hunt for the real terrorists.

 

[ScottishJohn]

I think it was Sycophant who brought Algeria to our attention months ago. A perfect case in point of how force will never overcome terrorism and why the US and UK's specious war on a concept is pure folly .

A challenge I frequently enjoy setting: Anyone have ANY example of force providing a lasting solution to a terrorist problem?

 

[neverforsaken]

perhaps covert warfare. against any force in combat, the US military is a powerful force. But in the current situation where the enemy doesnt wear a uniform and uses children and the mentally disabled to blow up targets. this should be a war of intelligence, covert assassinations, silent infiltration. The main recruiting force for the terrorists is the occupation. they dont think we will leave. so they join up, but their joining up is making it hard for us to leave. We should leave a few thousand troops in reserve in Iraq at a permanent military installation. As well as a some intelligence cells to take out the enemies covertly. This is a war of ideals right? so we must defeat them mentally.

 

[lucid42day]

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

Statements like this lead me to conclude that you occasionaly like to charge toll from under a bridge. Is this the official position of the Global Society of Pinheads?

 

[lucid42day]

perhaps covert warfare. against any force in combat, the US military is a powerful force. But in the current situation where the enemy doesnt wear a uniform and uses children and the mentally disabled to blow up targets. this should be a war of intelligence, covert assassinations, silent infiltration. The main recruiting force for the terrorists is the occupation. they dont think we will leave. so they join up, but their joining up is making it hard for us to leave. We should leave a few thousand troops in reserve in Iraq at a permanent military installation. As well as a some intelligence cells to take out the enemies covertly. This is a war of ideals right? so we must defeat them mentally.

I think the insurgents just need to be throroughly discredited. Seems more and more often they are helping us do that. We're going to be over there expensively for several more years at least, though.

 

[butterfoot]

Yes, and then you'll have made "terrorists" of the rest of the Islamic and Arab world, and probably a fair few others as well.

People don't become terrorists because they think it's fun. They do it because they believe they are fighting an injustice. Killing people is just bringing the fight to more families who may otherwise have remained uninvolved.

Oh yes terrorist are killing innocent people because of the injustice the U.S. has done. Your argument is flawed.

-cw

 

[ScottishJohn]

Oh yes terrorist are killing innocent people because of the injustice the U.S. has done. Your argument is flawed.

-cw

Actually I think his argument is dead on. Where do you see the flaw - if there is one would you explain it to us as I know of many historical situations which would provoke quite reasonable people to resort to acts of terrorism. The Us business with the Shah in Iran for instance. Compare that act of interference with the excessive taxes that provoked the American revolution and you will see that less provocation has produced more reaction in the past.

 

[Milla]

The insurgents, made of Iranian and Syrian foreigners will end when a neutron bomb is dropped on Tehran and Damascus. Problem solved. Cures Iran's nuclear ambitions too.

Even totally disregarding the huge enemy you'd make of the rest of the Middle East, the US would make itself at least serious atomic enemy if it did that. The Russian Federation would freak the hell out if that was done so close to its borders. If a Peace Corps presence, of all things,is enough to send the RF into a flurry of defensive posturing action, I can't even imagine what a nuclear blast so close would do.

 

[Zippythepinhead]

Yes, and then you'll have made "terrorists" of the rest of the Islamic and Arab world, and probably a fair few others as well.

People don't become terrorists because they think it's fun. They do it because they believe they are fighting an injustice. Killing people is just bringing the fight to more families who may otherwise have remained uninvolved.

Then drop more neutron bombs on the entire Middle East. They will eventually surrender or die. You don't coddle your enemies and try to reason with them if they want to kill you. You kill them first. First rule of warfare as ugly as it is

 

[Zippythepinhead]

Statements like this lead me to conclude that you occasionaly like to charge toll from under a bridge. Is this the official position of the Global Society of Pinheads?

Of course. So is a Rolsroyce in every American garage

 

[butterfoot]

Actually I think his argument is dead on. Where do you see the flaw - if there is one would you explain it to us as I know of many historical situations which would provoke quite reasonable people to resort to acts of terrorism.

People don't become terrorists because they think it's fun. They do it because they believe they are fighting an injustice

If terrorist were fighting an injustice why are the targeting and killing their own people?

-cw