OK, brilliant minds of the great escape, here is a realpolitik Q for you.
What happens if the taliban just hand over usama yermama binlauden? They say, oh, gee, you're right, he's just a nasty guy, do what you want.
How many would stop there, instead of prosecuting the war to it's ultimate end years from now, with the additional attacks and casualties? How do you kill the hydra? WE all know you have to kill the body, that the heads will pop up as fast as you wack them. Have any of you heard people talking like that? I am especially interested in the street talk of other places besides the U.S.
UPDATE from the little sister threat assesment center: Near unanimous thought of the brass is that the next attack on U.S. soil will be some sort of biological/chemical type, with ancilliary explosions. Targets of opportunity in rank order: financial/business; pleasure/tourist; university campus.
I was suprised at the last one myself. I guess other than that, they make sense.
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