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Originally posted by J.J.:
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.
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This does not address the issue of terrorist funding, so simply he's tried in court and the other "Rogue States" are then targetted by the US.
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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.
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A better question is what is the ultimate end? What is achievable with military and diplomatic ends towards reducing the threat of terrorism. An invasion of a sponsor state would escalate attacks as the people of that nation would wage a guerilla war against the occupying forces. These people would then be freedom fighters as they are then trying to remove an occupying power.
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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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If you are using Biological weapons then why not hit military targets too? Unless the troops are NBC equipped then they would be easy targets, and given the nature of this equipment, it would seriously hamper military operations if troops had to wear it just in case.
just my two penneth
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Holy Avenger of the OHF and part time Pinguindiebjäger