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Originally posted by dplax:
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Originally posted by John D Harris:
How would you like to see the tactics changed?
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I was saying that the current tactics were not well adapted to the current situation. I have no idea whatsoever of what the correct tactics would be, but when fighting against beliefs removing the leaders does not help.
As when christianity tried to fight new ideas from spreading they tried to remove the ones coming up with the ideas, but the ideas still spread and eventually they could not stop change. As I see it now the US is trying to stop Islamic Fundemantalism from spreading but due to several circumstances (example: Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan) there are factors which shall keep the terrorrists going even if their leaders are removed. You can't tell a people to give up not liking you if you take their territories from them and give them a government they shall never consider legitimate since it is enforced by a foreign military presence in their country. [/QUOTE]Fair 'nuff on the tactics part.
Time will tell, if and when the governments of said countries are considered legitimate. I for one believe the people of the middle East are fully capitable of handling democracy, simular things were said about Japan after the WWII. 60 years later, look at Japan.
