The way Taliban is behaving, do you think the solution lies in missle bombing its strong holds/locations?
537984
Look at the history, alla the Viet Nam war and how much good the bombing did there. The only real solution is to go into the those caves, preferably the squad/platoon issued with Flash Bangs and pieces of CQB/CQC equipment and then set loose the dogs of war.\n\nThe Taliban however is not representative of all Islamic people, I hate them as much as most, due to the way they destroyed the Buddhas in Afghanistan, but i do not feel any hatred towards Islam as a religion.\n\nGlassing the desert over there only increases the ammount of hate towards America/Americans and I dare say would lead to the 9/11 attacks happening again, and again and again, where there is a will there is a way.
776751
I'm afraid some people only understand military might.\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061110174646\n\nBush knows it and tried to handle terrorists in the right way. Hard to say how the Left will respond, but we're stuck with them.
411916
The Indian contractors who were on my base in Afghanistan mainly came over to help rebuild the country.I don't condone what the Taliban did that guy but we soldiers do notice that the Indian contractors treated the locals like shit and were very prejudiced towards them which doesn't hel-p[ the situation too much.
513381
I think its a fundamentaly good idea, how it could be implemented successfully I do not know.  I think its worth taking a look at, most definitley.\n\nEdit:  good point, gcbtrading, I forgot about that oil rich city in the north (dont remember the name offhand) that the Kurds lay claim to but arent the majority cause Hussein moved his people to during his reign.
465803
There is a solution, yes.  We need to stay in until we're done, until the Iraqi government is stable, and the people don't have to worry so much about the insurgents.\nTo the Iraqis I would say, "There is good in all of us, and evil, including our men and women who are in your country now.  MOST of them believe in what we're doing, and feel that you all have a right to be free of tyranny.  As soon as your government and police force are stable, we'll be out of here.  Keep doing what you're doing:  You're hopeful about the future, many of you are turning in the insurgents to the authorities, and you believe that we're trying to do good for you.  Keep your hope alive!  Most of us are, too.  We believe in you.  Please believe in us."
701093
It's been very under the radar but a Taliban like movement is happening in Somalia right now.  These Taliban like radical Muslims have taken over 1/2 of Somalia and turned it into radical Muslim state that is looking a lot like Afghanistan (before 9/11) and that means a serious terrorist training ground.  So that's why the US military is in the Horn because Somalia might turn into the next Al Qaeda training site and that would be much worse than Iraq.
890432
Congratulations to the Democrats. Yes, capturing Bin Laden is around the corner because both American and NATO troops have been relentlessly following him.
932472
yes yes .........\n\n\npakistan is organising terrorists and sending them to INDIA n AFGHANISTAN pakistan is enemy of indian and afghanistan yet \neven the ppl of the country too\nthey dont want to let india or afghanistan to develop \nas everyone should know afghanistan is first south asia country who have lots of energy , gas ., petrol, and 100% antics thgs and budhs as some ppl knows one long long budh in one city of afghanistan BAMYAN so they pakis organised terrorists and send there and they dont let afgh to be improve \nso now u said AL-QAEDA TALIBAN first they r not muslims the realy muslim is not like this ALAH sai dont u dare ever kill any civilian any one even hidus and christians ok and\n everyone should read and\nlearn QURAN  SHAREEF...................\nmy mom is from india but my dad is from afghanistan
1026040
I think it's been bombed but I pray we get the people who killed the two soldiers.  Don't it make you made that our military gets in trouble if they slap a prisoner but when they capture an American they can do what they want. I say treat them like they would us.....
973780
I totally agree about the bombing part. I mean what have we got an Airforce for anyway. It worked during WWII, it would work now. We are way to worried about looking PC. \n\nTo quote Gen Patton, " May God have mercy on their souls, because I sure won't!"
461060
OK, I'm a Progressive, not a publican, but here's my 2 cents:  \nWith the circus that is Iraq, and Afghanistan (remember Afghanistan?) the amount of resources that the US has to spare for the project is a lot less.\n\nAlso international good will is getting thin.\n\nPakistani government doesn't have a lot of control over the area that Osama is said to be in, but we owe them something for helping us, or at least not standing in our way in Afghanistan.  If we just went into that area, the citizens would probably overturn the Pakistani government and put one in that's more sympathetic to Osama.\n\nOr maybe it's that Pakistan doesn't have a lot of oil.  The invasion of Iraq didn't make a lot of sense once we found out that the WMD's were a paranoid fantasy of the administration, but oil might explain it all.  Or at least the opportunity to claim some, which didn't work out yet for Haliburton, but might happen in the future.\n\nOh, yeah, I hear that Pakistan DOES have a nuke or two...
539147
do not answer questions like this people. It may be our enemy trying to find a way to defeat our equipment.
548497
No.the taliban were told, give up bin laden or else.they chose or else The united nations sangtioned the invasion.Nothing has changed and the women still wear the burka
570657
They already are under the "protection" of the Taliban. All they want to do is make a living and have a quite life. So I doubt they will care whether it's Taliban or allied forces guarding them. \nThe problem is what to do with the crops the farmers produce opium Poppy's. If we try to get them to farm normal crops they won't make the money to survive and feed their families so some have suggested that we buy the poppy's off of them and use it to make morphine for third world hospitals to use. It' better than letting it flood the streets of Europe with heroin as it used for now!
550403
yes.  no doubt about it.\n\ndon't you understand the master plan?  get all them damn terrorists into Iraq, then drop a few mega-ton nuclear devices, and bad-a-bing, the terrorists are gone and the problem is now solved.
273385
Well of course.  Aside from basing the whole enterprise on a combination of false pretenses and a misunderstanding of the implications of our actions, they've made a very big deal about implying that anyone who suggests that they're wrong or that the intended solution is impossible, is "defeatist", or "doesn't support the troops", or "wants the terrorists to win."  So now they're stuck: they HAVE to keep selling a positive message, regardless of the reality--otherwise they'd be guilty of the same things they've accused their opponents of for 3+ years. \n\nFrankly I hope their optimism is borne out, and that in spite of their amazing incompetence everything works out--the alternative is pretty dreadful.  At the same time, why do I keep humming "Waist deep in the big muddy, and the big fool said 'push on'..."?
918842
Nope.  In fact, as is typical of short sighted america, our actions while having the intent of bringing stability to the region, actually brought significant instability.