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Originally posted by Silver Cheetah:
I say again, this war is *not* going to be the first step in eradicating terrorism. Quite the opposite, I would say, for reasons I have already stated.
America doesn't know where bin Laden is. Britain doesn't know where bin Laden is. If bin Laden has any sense at all, the Taliban don't know where bin Laden is either.
bin Laden has been the world's most wanted man for quite a while now. We couldn't catch him before September 11th, and we're unlikely to catch him now. Basically, our human intelligence is non existent as far as bin Laden goes.
America and Britain's intelligence forces appear to have no muslim expertise and no muslim operatives in the field. How, then, is it proposed to track down bin Laden, especially given electronic intel doesn't really cut it in this particular situation?
Removing the terrorists ability to act on a large scale is more important than killing Osama. If his network can be destroyed, then even if he lives to the ripe old age of 100 he will be ineffective. Erradicating what Osama represents is more important than the death of one man.
Their will always be those who try to achieve their political goals through terror, but if you can reduce them to radical individuals acting alone, the can be contained. A person with the capability of orchestrating something on the scale of September 11th, is a danger to every man, woman, and child in the world.
You don't believe this is the first step and I do, but the truth is neither of us really know. Only history will answer this question.