05-04-2011, 05:24 PM
Grace62 wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
[quote=Grace62]
You're right, there is no difference between the so far 8 year long Iraq war and the mission to kill OBL. It's not right to praise one, and criticize the other.
Iraq - civilians dead: 110,000, troops dead, 4,452 (most recent death was Friday) official wounded: 33,000 unofficial: 100,000
cost: a trillion and counting
related to 9/11? no
mission accomplished: no
property damage: immeasurable
OBL mission: civilians dead: one, zero troops injured or killed
mission accomplished: yes
related to 9/11? in the highest possible way
property damage: one compound
I barely see any difference at all.
You want to construct a different paradigm to fight terrorism. Fine. I asked you can we go in Yemen now? You come back and ask to do what? You know damn well to do what. You just know where I am taking you and you don't want to come.
I can't predict what special operations the gov't will attempt, and neither can you. Why don't you describe what you propose in Yemen, and we can discuss whether it seems feasible, useful, worth the risk, etc.
Zawahiri is found to be living in a shack/mansion/townhouse/gated community whatever and Yemenis aren't gonna go get him. What do we do?