How we Lost the War on Terror

Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here --Sign over the gates of hell in Dante's Inferno.

The key to winning a war, any war, is to convince the other side that there is no hope for success. Killing the enemy or controlling territory are not enough to win, but are only important inasmuch as they send the signal to the enemy that there is no use in fighting--you cannot possibly win.

Are we winning the war against Islamic jihad? No. Let us step back for a moment and assess the situation for a moment.

We have conquered two countries which fomented jihad. We have killed or captured tens of thousands of violent jihadies. We have recruited the vast majority of world governments in fighting against the global jihadi network. Nowhere on earth, today, can the jihadis openly train for war against the United States. Nowhere.

Every battle we have waged we have won. In fact, on paper, the war is over. We have won. Time to go home.

Yet, in spite of the facts on the ground, the jihad is still waged. We have not lost, but we we are not winning either.

The jihad movement is not shrinking. It is growing. It is as if nobody told the jihadis that they were losing. That they do not know that they have been defeated at every turn. That they are unaware that there is no hope for victory in Iraq. That the global caliphate is a pipe dream.

This is exactly what is happening. The jihadis believe they are winning, or, at least, that they can win.

I agree that someway should be found to shut down these websites. I know we have the technology and people to do it.

When I worked in Kuwait it was right after 9/11 and I went to several inter net cafes and all the Muslim guys were either on these sites or a porno site. They did not come right out and say it, but you could tell they were proud of bin Laden and Al Queada.

When I worked in Iraq I noticed that it was okay for the terrorists to blow up Americans and a lot of these people were pro terrorists. Not until after the terrorists started blowing up their neighborhoods and killing their families did they start working with us. I do not believe we can ever win their hearts and minds. Their hearts held hatred for us since they were sucking at their mother's breast. Their minds have been soaked in hatred since they were old enough to talk to dad and go to a mosque. People blame terrorism on poverty and to this I say BS. Most of the terrorist we have captured or killed are educated and came from families that provided more than the basic needs. Where did all the money go from the sale of oil over the last six or seven decades? It went to a few families who live in palaces and have fabulous homes and bank accounts in America and Europe. If they want to blow somebody up then there is their target right in their own countries.

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