thruthemurk
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Excellent post that relects the reality of the terrorist problem. We can flex our muscles as long as we like, and kill thousands and thousands of them - but the problem will not go away until the root cause is eliminated.
Israel has been fighting this problem for over 30 years, and has not been shy about clamping down on their relatively small borders and the individual "rights" of their citizens. They have not been successful, and that is the best precursor as to what to expect.
The only thing I might add is that the the original best recruiting tool for the Al Queda was building our airbase in Saudi. Like it or not, this has been the event that motivated countless recruits to believe the rhetoric that the "evil west" was controlling the Saudi royal family and spurred them to action. You can follow the number of terrorist attacts and their organizational growth like clockwork after this event
Murk
Excellent post that relects the reality of the terrorist problem. We can flex our muscles as long as we like, and kill thousands and thousands of them - but the problem will not go away until the root cause is eliminated.
Israel has been fighting this problem for over 30 years, and has not been shy about clamping down on their relatively small borders and the individual "rights" of their citizens. They have not been successful, and that is the best precursor as to what to expect.
The only thing I might add is that the the original best recruiting tool for the Al Queda was building our airbase in Saudi. Like it or not, this has been the event that motivated countless recruits to believe the rhetoric that the "evil west" was controlling the Saudi royal family and spurred them to action. You can follow the number of terrorist attacts and their organizational growth like clockwork after this event
Murk