Posted on 07/22/2006 9:15:03 PM PDT by jeltz25
Just a simple question for the Freepers out there.
Can we win the war on terror as long as Iran and Syria remain untouched? As long as the Mullahs in Tehran and their friends in Damascus continue to arm, fund, support and train both the terrorists in Iraq and Lebanon as well as provide safe haven for terrorist leaders from Al Qaeda to Hamas, can we really make any meaningful progress in the war on terror?
Why, 5 years after 9/11, has the US and its allies not laid so much as a finger on either of the two linchpins of the terrorist jihad? How much longer will we continue to let them continue this behavior?
Once Iran gets nukes, the game is over and they've won. We may as well pack up and go home.
Is there any logical explanation for our hands off approach to Iran and Syria?
Sooner or later, we will have to cut off the head of the snake.
The war on terror will never end. It is here to stay. As long as there are Muslims there will be terror. It is a reality that many do not want to admit to.
Well remember that there were 5 linchpins of the terrorist jihad. Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, and the PLO. We've blown up the Taliban, we disposed Saddam, we demanded and got free elections in Palestine. OK, that last one didn't work so well.
But that's not a bad record, especially given the way our own traitorous media has worked against us.
Right now, we're trying the former.
No. One of the reasons I favored taking out Iraq was that it put a U.S Army on interior lines between Syria and Iran. Unfortunately, we haven't used that advantage.
Exactly. If you look at the American Civil War, the conflict didn't end until Sherman went into the deep south, destroyed industry, wrecked the transportation infrastructure and disrupted the region's ability to sustain their troops in the field. Strategic bombing of Iran would dry up world terrorism to the degree of damage done to Iran.
Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia, China, Kosovo, Indonesia......seems like we would be spread a little thin.
Touch or say six to lay a finger on Iran and Syria. Watch your monitor and you will see the countries instantly transformed to your liking. /s
Not necessarily. But it would be best if they didn't. We've been in a Kobuki dance for years. IMO, the Islamic whack-jobs, with Iran in the lead, will ignite the full scale version of WWIII (which we are already into) within a few years. When it comes to this level of warfare, Iran is easily 100+ years behind the USA. This means that Iran get's obliterated, and we get their oil, and the rest are cannon fodder (as per usual). We know that. And Iran knows that too. Are they crazy enough to test the setup? We shall see soon enough.
The Bekaa Valley must be seized and cleared, and the Assads must be forced out.
You better be worrying bout the saudis
BFT: Exactly. If you look at the American Civil War, the conflict didn't end until Sherman went into the deep south, destroyed industry, wrecked the transportation infrastructure and disrupted the region's ability to sustain their troops in the field. Strategic bombing of Iran would dry up world terrorism to the degree of damage done to Iran.
HUMINT: your analogy is interesting but sustaining terrorist troops in the field is done with rhetoric and ideology, not conventional logistics. The West facilitates Tehran’s terror masters by inventing and offering off the shelf communication technology. It also facilitates terror troops by offering educational opportunities as well as equal opportunity employment. A free and open society ultimately maintains terrorists in the field indefinitely.
That said, wrecking Syria and Iran’s infrastructure would do several things:
Under the current circumstances peace and regional stability are a pipe dream.
The longer we wait to change the regime in Iran, the more costly it will be to us in terms of lives. There is a nascent revolutionary movement in Iran that would like to get rid of the Mullahs and have a prosperous secular government. We have to help those people to rise up and change the current regime.
Syria doesn't pose the significant threat to us, and the rest of the world, that Iran does. Change the regime in Iraq, and isolate Syria. That's how I see it.
So maybe, in the far future, the history books (will there be books?) will say that America and the West responded bravely and with unity to the Jihad war.
Dry Bones
Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
You are correct. Once we admit the problem, the solution becomes crystal clear. The islamos must go.
Yes. Total destruction.
The Israeli's, let off the chain, will take care of Syria. We need to level Iran. Now.
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