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The danger with the way this war on terror is being fought, is that the very values and principles that has made the United States the envy of the free world, run the risk of being gradually eroded, and sadly handing the baddies the Victory in the end. Lets face it winning the war but losing the battle is a hollow victory.
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This has all the earmarks of a no win situation. How can any country resist the attempts to kill its citizens and disrupt its economy without sacrificing values?
What values are involved in a desparate struggle for survival? What values are sacrificed by incarcerating enemy fighters until the war is over?(I haven't read of any international terrorist organization or avowed terrorist leader offering terms for peace.. have you?) What reason then do we have for desisting in our search for terrorist and detaining those who fight against us and encourage those who would kill us. Have you some inside information that the leaders of this movement are ready to make peace, to stop the bloodshed? Its not us whose values are eroded. We resist slaughter by whatever means we can!
You who criticize our efforts never offer any alternatives! Why? You saw what happened in Africa, Britian, Spain, Indonesia, and elsewhere did you not? What could those nations do to forestall the savagery? Besides abject surrender to a bunch of non uniformed savages who demonstrate brutal murderous tactics even to their fellow citizens what alternatives do you have? To those who slit innocents throats and cut off their heads you offer amnesty and gentle treatment. To those who have taken up arms against you you want to treat them as victims when you catch them?
I do agree with you they shouldn't be held in limbo. If taken in combat trying to kill us and our friends they should be summarily executed not tortured as you claim. These bozos who whimper about mistreatment and go on hunger strikes are lucky to be alive. I wouldn't force feed these miscreants I would let them starve!
This business about winning wars and losing battles is rhetorical nonsense!
Get with it...Have any terrorist leaders offered to quit their murderous conduct? To desist from their attacks? Do any of you really believe if the USA and other western countries left Iraq and quit hunting terroists that their depradations would stop?