[livius]

The war on terrorism will have to go on as long as Islam lasts. I hope it doesn't have another 50 to 70 years - it's already had 1500, and has been a constant menace. Fortunately, it is such a backward religion, keeping its people in total ignorance, that for a long time (since the seige of Vienna, at least) it hasn't had the technical capacity to do much harm.

But since you don't have to be very bright to strap a bomb to yourself and park outside a school, I guess they've found the great equalizer. And of course, the few who get technical knowledge seem to have found ways to use it to do evil - isn't Zarkawi a medical doctor?

[GSlob]

You must have meant Zawahiri, not Zarqawi.

[Terpfen]

al-Zawahiri is a doctor. Zarqaui's just a nutjob.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

But since you don't have to be very bright to strap a bomb to yourself and park outside a school, I guess they've found the great equalizer.

We have a great equalizer too. It's called the Second Amendment.

[FastCoyote]

"But since you don't have to be very bright to strap a bomb to yourself and park outside a school, I guess they've found the great equalizer."

9/11 was the absolute worst hit they could deliver, nearly knocked out the center of finance. And we bounced back in 6 months. In other words, they shot teir wad. Iraq is expensive, but we would be spending on fixed military costs anyway. So, all in all, they have no equalizer in IEDs, just irritants.