[blam]

"In truth this was probably not terrorism. A leader of the Taliban was taken out. This wasn’t the bombing of a center full of shoppers. A specific leader of anti-government forces was eliminated."

Exactly.

We should be doing this all over the M/E.

[DoughtyOne]

I didn’t imply that we did this. I might add, I think it would be a mistake if we were to adopt the policy you suggest.

It’s more important in he long term to allow the people of these regions to resolve the issue.

If there is Taliban infighting, or internal forces are cleaning house without U.S. help, that’s something that will last. If we did it, things may quiet for as long as we remained, but would be likely to go south when we left.