"Wdtabor" wrote:

I tend to agree that the chances of success are not good, but the
alternative is a nuclear exchange between our children and theirs
that will kill millions of Americans and HUNDREDS of millions
of Moslems.

A chillingly believable scenario. In Pakistan we are a heartbeat away
from a preview of that future. In the event of a coup there by
religionists, I believe we would have no alternative but immediate
attack.

There can be no lasting peace with Islamofascism if they join the
nuclear club. With the Soviets we faced a RATIONAL enemy with
no expectation of rewards after death. Mutually assured destruction
only works with people who want to succeed in this life and not the
next.

It is probable that the current leaders like Bin Laden and Zawahiri,
whom I believe are sincere fanatics, would be replaced by cynical
dictators, just as happened in Russia after the revolution. Perhaps
such characters would fear MAD. The question is, would the world survive
long enough to achieve that uneasy stability?

So I think giving cultural change the best chance of working we can is
a really good thing to do.

For once, Don, I agree with you right down the line. I just think we
started in the wrong place in Iraq.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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