[Barry the Sprout]

Originally posted by Ziroc: In wartime, it is kill or BE killed. It sucks, but this is reality. If you were face to face with one of these guys, and you both had a gun--knowing that this guy WILL kill you, would you defend yourself? I would hope so! [img]smile.gif[/img] It's like that, but on a global scale. See, we have been going directly to these people, and taking them out. not an entire city block or something. I agree, killing is horrid, and I wish no one killed anyone, but the facts are, if we don't get them, they WILL get us. No about of security cameras, guards and scanners will keep us safe forever.

In this instance it was by no means kill or be killed. Whether or not the people could have been caught that doesn't change the fact that those soldiers were not in any danger. I understand you meant on a global scale but that doesn't wash for me either. I could understand if we had some kind of magical proof that this would actually work (understand, but maybe not condone). But we really have no idea of whether or not just killing everyone will stop terrorism, and I really don't think it will personally. War is the wrong description for this kind of conflict as it implies the enemy just has to be beaten. We can't beat an ideology on the battlefield, and even if you could what exactly would it say for the supposedly superior ideology that had to resort to force to overcome its enemy?

Some of these people present a threat, but a hell of a lot more people will present a threat if we keep up this kind of attack. It is impossible to kill them all so how on earth do you expect to win this in a conventional "war" sense?