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2006-04-22 Afghanistan

Taliban mounting assassination campaign against Afghan mullahs

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-22 01:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The solution for this are quick trials, followed by mass public hangings of Taliban.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-04-22 08:56|| 2006-04-22 08:56|| Front Page Top

#2 In both Afghanistan and Iraq the definition of the battle is this: if they kill innocent civilians on purpose they 'win' because you failed to protect, if you kill innocent civilians as collateral damage they win, and since they can look like innocent civilians they win even if you kill them.
This strikes me as too asymmetric to win. Their weakness has to be in how they are able to motivate their 'fighters' to shoot schoolteachers, doctors, etc. and blow up markets of women and children shopping etc. That is such 'unnatural' behavior that it has to take time to create the mindset. It has to be happening in certain mosques and religious schools. These need to be infiltrated, identified and destroyed.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-04-22 10:22|| 2006-04-22 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 That is such 'unnatural' behavior that it has to take time to create the mindset.

Not for a muzzie, it's ~~2nd~~ 1st nature.

Posted by 6 2006-04-22 12:58|| 2006-04-22 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 In both Afghanistan and Iraq the definition of the battle is this: if they kill innocent civilians on purpose they 'win' because you failed to protect, if you kill innocent civilians as collateral damage they win, and since they can look like innocent civilians they win even if you kill them.
This strikes me as too asymmetric to win.

Glenmore: One very key exponent [power] in the asymmetric expression missing.

It's algebraic, to whit.

asymmetrically the fruits of terrorism are recognized [defined]and reported ad nauseum as a win by the opponents of America's war on terrorism. [WOT]

Posted by RD 2006-04-22 15:27|| 2006-04-22 15:27|| Front Page Top

#5 "Their weakness has to be in how they are able to motivate their 'fighters' to shoot schoolteachers, doctors, etc. and blow up markets of women and children shopping etc. That is such 'unnatural' behavior that it has to take time to create the mindset."

It IS their weakness. They destroy all that is not "pure." Now define "pure." In this world it just doesn't exist, so these are just mindless killing machines incapable of compromise: hence the name terror-bot. Redirected, that mindlessness will destroy itself. See Zman and Al Queda's reputation in Iraq.

Posted by Spinemp Thrimp5747 2006-04-22 20:18|| 2006-04-22 20:18|| Front Page Top

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