How would you fight the War on Terror?

[Joe]

Just wanted to point it out; I realize that I probably sounded too confrontational.

[Joe]

One thing I do have to say is that declaring a war on Islamic extremism so directly would be the ultimate in political incorrectness. We'd have to go it completely alone. Religion is still too much of a sacred cow.

[Solid Snake]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

[Joe]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

I think a war against specific Islamic fundamentalist group can easily be won, but a full-out "War on Terror" is probably too broad to be effectively won (ELF members are terrorists, so theoretically we should be going after them as well).

[Solid Snake]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

I mean, my plan for massive "recruitment" is probably doomed to failure. Can it be won with the resoruces at hand?

[Darth Wong]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

I think a war against specific Islamic fundamentalist group can easily be won, but a full-out "War on Terror" is probably too broad to be effectively won (ELF members are terrorists, so theoretically we should be going after them as well).

That's what I was saying. Choose between a police action against a gang of international criminals or a War on islam, but "War on Terror" is a recipe for quagmire.

[Joe]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

I think a war against specific Islamic fundamentalist group can easily be won, but a full-out "War on Terror" is probably too broad to be effectively won (ELF members are terrorists, so theoretically we should be going after them as well).

That's what I was saying. Choose between a police action against a gang of international criminals or a War on islam, but "War on Terror" is a recipe for quagmire.

"Police action" is probably the better choice, because the help of Islamic countries is not something necessarily undesirable. Say what you will about Pakistan, for example, but they have been of some help to us. Declare a war on Islam, however, and any help from Islamic countries is out.

[Solid Snake]

I think a war against specific Islamic fundamentalist group can easily be one, but a full-out "War on Terror" is probably too broad to be effectively won (ELF members are terrorists, so theoretically we should be going after them as well).

Of course, anything going against the Infantry tends to die quickly, so a war with some piss-poor army is cake. But the whole "insects in the crack" thing would be a job for people with hats made of green material. Which is probably why the Army has made the "18x" enlistment option, which gives you a garunteed shot at Special Forces.

[Ender]

My solution would be short, simple, and bloody.

Anyone who declares a Jihad on us, we declare the Ban on them.


I am obviously not a proponent of genocide. Instead of massacering the civillians, I would suggest re-education camps. But we should damn well kill off any threats and lay waste to their homes. I feel that if someone is conducting a war of extinction against us, we really should not hold back.

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

Inflate a runner balloon, rub it on something so it has a static charge, then hold it over pile of pepper and fly shit. Pepper will be attracted, fly shit stays down.

[Darth Wong]

I am obviously not a proponent of genocide. Instead of massacering the civillians, I would suggest re-education camps. But we should damn well kill off any threats and lay waste to their homes. I feel that if someone is conducting a war of extinction against us, we really should not hold back.

Except that they're not conducting a war of extinction against us. They have an overall animosity (which is quite mutual now), and a short-term goal of eliminating Western influence in the Middle East. In that respect, their goals are more realistic than ours; at least they have an objective they can point to. We don't.

[Solid Snake]

Here's a question...
CAN the war actually be won? It's sort of like picking fly shit out of pepper, isnt it?

Inflate a runner balloon, rub it on something so it has a static charge, then hold it over pile of pepper and fly shit. Pepper will be attracted, fly shit stays down.

Well, I guess that answers my question.