"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Win *yet*? You don't really think we are going to put down the
Islamists, do you.


The ones that have sworn to Allah to kill you, me, our wives, kids,
families, neighborhoods? Those?

You betcha.

Eisboch

Yeah, how? They're in 50 different countries. It is not going to happen
via military action.

No, not completely, but the military will bear the primary responsibility to
address physical threats. You have to remember. The US military is going
through a slow, painful transformation and it's going to take more time to
fully develop new tactics, capabilities and means of fighting this type of
war. Progress is being made, but the transition from a Cold War tactical
capability to fighting small groups of widely spread terrorists will take
more time. That's why our efforts in Iraq and elsewhere seem like an
overkill or over reaction for the threat sometimes.

Meanwhile, I have a few dead tree stumps on my property also.

Eisboch