[Azred]

Originally posted by Aragorn1: With the fall of the USSR the USA tranfers it ideological confrontation to Islamic fundamentalists, who are seen as a threat to the democracy and the US way of life. THis in turn means there is no clear war, as they are stateless. States may support them openly or in secret, but they cannot truely be defeated. The USA involves herself in wars in small countries all over the Muslim world trying to prevent aid to terrorists. It is largely ineffective as although in the short term the issus in that area is resolved, instability in the region and the world is created and actions alienate others, who join the war against the US.

That's why we should just become an empire, moving in and taking over. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

No, the tide of terrorism will never completely abate, but enough people in the Middle East will get tired of being blamed for every nut-case terrorist who does anything anywhere in the world and they will try to put an end to it themsleves.
If you think that Islamic terrorists will topple the US, then by logical extension you probably think that Basque separatists will topple Spain and Quebecois separatists will topple Canada. Right....

Actually, the "war on terrorism" can be won. I have a two-fold strategy devised that would bring about a resaonably successful resolution, but no one in Washington would have the cajones to implement it. Yes, it is extremely drastic, but it would work. No, the details are not being made public at this time.

[ 05-31-2005, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: Azred ]