The US helped win WWII in less time than Bin Laden has been on the run since 9/11

[SlowwHand]

The main difference is that in WWII, and all previous wars that USA, OR UK, have been involved, you could tell the opposition.

Mobius is so astute in his observations on USA, he should have noticed that.
Not to say he didn't, and chooses to ignore.

The other main problem is we don't have fine warriors like Mobius and Sava involved to talk the terrorists to death.

[Pekka]

Also overestimating the powers of nations. One man can disappear no problem, if he is smart, knows how the system works, and doesn't make mistakes. Person can disappear so that none of us will ever find him.

This is not shocking news.

[dannubis]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


The other main problem is we don't have fine warriors like Mobius and Sava involved to talk the terrorists to death.

yeah, but you have fine warriors who destroyed the largest army in the middle east (bar israel) in a matter of weeks...

but that didn't seem to stop the terrorists from striking again now did it ?

not that i am blind for the difficulties in destroying the terrorists completely, but i can't help but notice that your gun ho approach doesn't seem to work either.

[GePap]

The War on Terror is akin to the War on Drugs. We have been fighting THAT war for the last 20 years, and we aren;t any closer to winning. An amorphous and vague things like a "War on Terror" is bound to be never ending anyways.

What a silly comparison.

[BlackCat]

Re: Re: The US helped win WWII in less time than Bin Laden has been on the run since

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


No.

*sigh*

Next.

[Shi Huangdi]

It's alot harder to fight an underground operation then it is to fight an established State using conventional warfare.

If the forces of Al Qaeda were to abandon guerilla and terrorist tactics, all gather in one country, and try to fight set battles using conventional warfare techinques, they'd be gone in a couple of days.

[Pekka]

That's right. It would be nice if they did that... I'd turn in to watch that go down .. pop out the beers and invite my friends.

[Guynemer]

One man can disappear, no problem?

A 6'4" skinny Arab on dialysis? It's not like he doesn't have distinguishing features.


MOBIUS, why do you hate America?

[Pekka]

Guynemer, so? And fact is, he might have distinguishing features, but he's not alone. And the close ones are loyal as we know, that help him.

No problem.

[Guynemer]

The fact of the matter is, the DUDE IS ON DIALYSIS.

This is not an easy thing to work around.

It is very likely that he is already dead. And if he isn't dead, that's a helluva clue to start working with.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by GePap
The War on Terror is akin to the War on Drugs.

Oooooohhhhhhh. I can't wait until someone advocates legalizing terror in order to end the war on terror.

[Pekka]

Strangelove, good one

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Guynemer
The fact of the matter is, the DUDE IS ON DIALYSIS.

This is not an easy thing to work around.

It is very likely that he is already dead. And if he isn't dead, that's a helluva clue to start working with.

Maybe he's not on dialysis and never was. Why was he supposedly on dialysis? Diabetic nephropathy? Autoimmune disorder? ATN? Renal Artery disease? Obstruction? Glomerulonephritis?

[Pekka]

seems to me he really was on bad analysis.

[Guynemer]

I'm not sure why; but if he was on dialysis, at his age, what are the odds he ever got off?