[Team Sergeant]

We (the US Military, the United States) do not need to once again be associated with the "death squads". We fight by a set of rules and are limited to what we can/will do because of these rules.

Intelligent, civilized bipeds have rules they follow where as uncivilized persons have no rules and make them up as they go. They also lack any moral or ethical reasoning and because of this lack of moral character will commit the most abhorrent repugnant crimes against humans possible knowing the western media will publish their transgressions in order to scare many others.

VelociMorte, if we were to employ their tactics we would be no better then the islamic cowards themselves. The tactic we are currently using is to find each coward and bring him to justice or bring justice to him. Limit collateral damage as not to disenfranchise the local populace. I could go on and on but I’m sure you get the point. We are limited because we have a reputation and the moral high-ground, we lose that high-ground and the war on islamic cowards is over.

Have no doubt we are winning this war, as told by their tactics. In the beginning they went toe to toe with the US military, now they use IED's and islamic suicide bombers because they are cowards. Because they are cowards they now turn their bombs on their own people. They are doing this because they now know they cannot intimidate the United States (not while we have a republican sitting in office) or it's people. They are looking for the weakest possible link to frighten. Now it's up to the people of Iraq to stand for what is right, to stand for their own freedom or die on their knees.

IMO this war would be over if we targeted a few deserving nations along with their dictators, syria, jordan, yemen iran and a few others come to mind. History tells us that when we target national level terrorists (heads of state) they will think twice before sponsoring/supporting international terrorists. Such was the case with momar kadafi back in 1986 when the US sent a message via 500 pounders and some with his name on them.

Time will tell if we chose the proper strategy. I believe we did, I believe we are now doing what should have been done during slick willies (klinton’s) tenure, and we are now bestowing dirt naps on deserving individuals. IMO and having served during slick willies term, I believe he was afraid, and not for a nation but like saddam, he was afraid to lose his own life if the United States went toe to toe with the islamic cowerists (bin laden). I always said, before saddam was captured, that he would be taken alive, because it was easy to see in his eyes he was no warrior but a scared little man, I believe slick wille is the same scared little man and my proof is that bin laden was breathing free air during his tenure.

TS