What should we do about terrorists?

Question

Liberals seem to think we shouldn't bother with them. They say the recently captured terrorists were dumb and wouldn't have completed their mission. So please enlighten me, should we just not worry about them? Should we just let them continue to plot to kill us all?

Answer 1

Why Not is a perfect example of what you are stating. I wonder who it is we are fighting in Iraq if there are no terrorists there? hmmm.... It must be all those civilians huh?

If I may, let me just apply common sense to his rantings. Lets "prentend" that there were NO terrorists in Iraq... (I'll pause to give people time to finish laughing).. and we decide to go in there for oil... (pause for more laughter)... we take out an evil dictator and a tyrant thereby freeing millions of people... at that moment... thousands of terrorist decide to flock to Iraq to battle the US. Two questions: If Iraq was not supported by terrorists, why do the terrorists care if we are there? and If all these terrorists are coming out of their cowardly hiding places to Iraq to fight us there, rather than reign terror elswhere in the world, wouldn't you say that was a pretty brilliant plan?

And the oil thing is so tired... Do any libs drive cars? Do they ever look at the price of gas at the pumps? Do they ever care to research that most of Iraq's oil goes to Europe and other countries... not the US?

But to answer you question... they don't believe we should do anything for them for fear of looking bad in front of the world. If we could just talk to them and understand them all would be well and milk and cookies for everyone! And... if they should attack and kill innocent civilians... well, we probably deserved it for not understanding them or for supporting their enemies and our allies.

Answer 2

If you had a factory producing killer robots (like in "The Terminator"), would it be easier to wait until each one was produced, and then try and kill them off individually?

No, it would be much more effective to shut down the factory. That is the approach we have to take with terrorism.

The main reason terrorists can be recruited is that they have been misinformed, and in the Middle East, that is extremely easy. From the time people can walk, they are fed lies about the U.S. Just today, a report surfaced about kindergarten children in Pakistan being dressed in black masks, camouflage fatigues, carrying toy guns, and waving green Hamas flags.

The boys shout, "Allah Akbar" (Allah is great).
"Who is your role model?" the boys are asked. "The Prophet," they respond.
"What is your path?"
"Jihad," they shout.
"What is your most lofty aspiration?"
"Death for the sake of Allah."

OK, trying to reason with people who have been brainwashed their whole life is not going to work. There are no countries to negotiate with because terrorism obeys no government. The simplest solution is a combination of education and ridicule.

There was a great news program (something like 20/20) which showed how an LA satellite tv station, that broadcast to the Iranian population in California, once accidentally redicted the signal, and it was being picked up in ... (you guessed it!): Iran. The show routinely ridiculed the backwards Mullahs in Iran, and once the people in Tehran started watching, they quickly lost reverence for these bearded relics spouting nonsense.

If we want to break the grip of terrorism, we have to find a way to have Western culture permeate the Middle East. Already, Iranian youth are showing disinterst in religion. They would much rather go shopping at the mall and listen to rap music than attend a Mosque. Jordanians outwardly obey the dress codes of Islam, but once they are inside they reveal Donna Karan underneath the ridiculous costumes they are forced to wear in public.

Changing the way people think will reduce the number of terrorists faster than we could ever kill them off.

Answer 3

i certainly support capturing and killing terrorists........there where no terrorists in Iraq before we attacked them, Saddam ruled with an iron fist and he no more wanted Al Quadi to come ionto his country than he wanted us in there. dictators are like that. Clinton i think errored when we had the no-fly zones, Saddam would shoot at our plans and we would shoot us the site that shot at our planes. After he shot at our first plane I would have wiped out 20 of his palaces and many of his military sites and told him if he shoots at a second plane of ours we will attack all his palaces and all his military sites. Do ya like my liberal idea there.

Answer 4

Make them lose their will to fight; make them realize the cause is lost, by crushing: them, their countries of operation and those that tolerate presence. This was the mentality that won WWII. 5.5 years after 9/11 and we are in talks with Iran; building sewers, roads, schools, toilets... in Iraq (while they kill us); pour $s into every Western-hating mooch that's too god damned primitive to wipe his *** w/ toilet paper, yet able to guilt our altruist leaders out of more & more alms.

Answer 5

My immediate response was to say, 'terrorize them.'

However, we are dealing with a group of people who willfully give their lives through self-denotation. What greater terror is there than that which they choose to bring upon themselves? When they believe their own lives are not valuable, it leaves us with no leverage against them.

Therefore, we are left only with the option of killing them before they kill themselves and take several innocent out with them when they do.

Their souls are lost regardless of what we do to prevent it so, obviously, continuing to focus upon inflicting their demise is all that we can do in our defense of them.

Answer 6

You have to understand...every time it is demonstrated that our President and his excellent team have foiled another attack...it makes Bush-Haters realize the policies are working... They have been comfortable bashing him during all the attacks-that-didn't-happen because they (fortunately) never got anywhere.
Thanks to GW, for the most part, Al Quaeda has chosen to take us on in Iraq rather than our restaurants, subways, tunnels, airways and bridges.

Answer 7

By the standards on this forum, I am a liberal. I do think terror is a threat and that we should be concerned about it. The difference is, I understand the origin of terror and realize that some of our current use of applying Fulda Gap strategy to terror is erroneous and that there are more modern techniques to use.

Answer 8

Well Parrot, first thing is to learn why they fight US not the hate freedom story told to 7 year old's. but the root cause and determine what can be done to undermine their authority in recruiting if our policy is the main cause rethink the policy such as American troops in Mecca, move them to a based in Kuwait or other. tone down our vocal support of Israeli expansion. but just bombs and rhetoric will not do anything except give them more men and money. Mostly they would like us to stop interfering in their countries i.e. overthrowing leaders etc, support real democratic reform. it they elect a guy we don't like too bad talk to him anyway find a common goal that's diplomacy it works. Learn what the word "Blow-back " means.

Answer 9

Kill them. That is the ONLY answer, because they are so brainwashed, they will never stop trying to kill us. Poor Israel. How many years have they been terrorized? Thousands? Someone must stop it, and if not us, then who?

Answer 10

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other poor bastard die for his!"
I think this very famous saying by Gen. G. Patton should also work for terrorists.