Why we should take Osama's olive branch ,It's the first step in winning the peace

SFGate ^ | 01/29/06 | John Arquilla

[no-to-illegals]

Amreican Military Heroes are at the location now...
lets look in at what is taking place........

as the professor says "here's the plan,
We are going to retreat since we are winning?

Our Military Heroes to
Officer of the Guard,
Sirs,
Arrest our dear professor, he's delusional.

[no-to-illegals]

and my tax dollars are at work here too?

Dang....I better contact that worthless bunch up on the hill again....

I'm certain my congress cares what is happening with my tax dollars.....

uh oh.....now I'm sounding delusional.

[Congressman Billybob]

This guy works for a US Navy School? What does he teach -- "How to lose a war?" Would he have advised accepting a truce from Hitler, which was the Munich Pact of 1938? We can all see how well that turned out.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Alito's Tears"

[kenth]

The moral imperative that should drive us is a sincere desire to end the long suffering of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

No, the moral imperitive that should drive us is the protection of the United States.

Truces are possible with conventional wars because of the verifiable nature of public leaders and their governments. We don't see Osama offering himself up in order to procure peace. The only reason for terrorists to be offering up a truce is that they are losing and need time to regroup.

[bilhosty]

Of course we should take bin Laden up on his offer of a truce. We should hold talks with him. And then when he shows up to talk, we shoot him.

[Popman]

John Arquilla is professor of defense analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

I might suggest Mr. Arquilla take a semester of Islamic studies to understand the nature of the enemy.

He clearly is delusional about the nature of Wabbistism

[SuziQ]

Official figures suggest that 30,000 innocent noncombatants have been killed since March 2003 in Iraq alone. Many respected sources believe that this figure is grossly underestimated.

An who exactly is doing all this killing? Why it's Osama's folks in al Queda! The Coalition isn't out there sending suicide bombers into crowded mosques and markets, and in many cases, it isn't the result of collateral damage from bombs that are targeting Coalition soldiers. It is bombs targeting new Iraqi soldiers and police officers, those men and women who have sworn an oath to protect and defend their fellow citizens.

The killing is strictly terroristic; to intimidate Iraqis into NOT moving toward democracy.
It ain't workin!

[philetus]

We should be grateful this idiot is not part of the Administration."

John Arquilla is professor of defense analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

But he is helping to mold our nation's warriors.
He needs to be summerly execu... I mean fired.

[rmlew]

The refusal to understand our enemies by self proclaimed realists is rather sad.
They are so busying with their onanism of game theory that they refuse to look at what actually motivates people.
We are far more than materialistic beings.

[AnAmericanMother]

[stocksthatgoup]

Neville Chamberlain Lives!

[AnAmericanMother]

Ha! You beat me to it!

Great minds travel the same channels.

This Arquilla guy is an idiot. Hope his students aren't paying attention to him!

[Paleo Conservative]

But he is helping to mold our nation's warriors.
He needs to be summerly execu... I mean fired.

You mean firing squad?

[philetus]

You mean firing squad?"

Between those of us who don't live in a fantasy world...Yes.