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Originally posted by Lane:
bombing them will not make anything safer.
terrorist are not afraid to die and they arent only located in or supported by afghanistan.
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You could argue that winning WW2 didn't make the world safer. We'll never know what the alternative would have been like, and I'm glad we never found out. What would have happened if Iraq had won the Gulf War? With a dominant position in the world oil market, the West would have been held to ransom. We fight now because we hope we can make a positive difference to the future. What is the alternative for us? Hoping international terrorism goes away? Hoping they limit their attacks to the kind we saw this week? Praying they don't use chemical, biological or nuclear devices? Where do we draw the line? When DO we fight? You're right about one thing. It's not just Afghanistan, they may be on top of the list, but that list has a few countries on it, and all of them will be dealt with, by people who are generally reluctant to fight, but who are determined to win.