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Originally Posted by Razor
I would say those that act in a predictable manner each and every time (the jihadis) are much easier to deal with than an unpredictable entity, such as you've described the Iranian government. Is it your opinion that both the Iranian people and their government selectively adhere to the edicts in the Qur'an, and ignore others to best suit their needs?
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I'd say jihadis are easier to deal with, in a sense. They're a simpler problem at the strategic level. The only real solution is to destroy them. Thats what I meant by us being in a zero-sum game with the jihadis.
As for Iran...I'd would say they "interpret" it differently (or at least not as stringently) from jihadis like Al Qaeda. Put it this way, for all Ahmadinejad's trash talk...if the Iranians were the same type of jihadi enemy as Al Qaeda, the would have executed the Brit sailors, UNIFIL in Lebanon would be fighting for its life, etc.