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See, to me, it seems naive to think that terrorism, a tactic, will ever be eliminated by the use of force alone. And that seems to be all that the conservatives can come up with - bomb em' - bomb em' some more. And all that appears to do is increase their recruiting numbers.

The real goal of terrorism - to instill fear in a society, disrupt lives, and cause people to implement stupid measures that don't make them any safer but make them feel safer, at the loss of freedom - seems to be going exactly as planned. And as an added bonus, we slowly bankrupt ourselves fighting a never-ending war. Meanwhile, the real terrorists such as those that actually committed the atrocities of 9/11 live out their days as heroes to their people for attacking the evil USA, all while we continue to fight a war against the only secular society in the middle east (at least it used to be) - the one that never attacked us. And the icing on the cake is that they are slowly turning into a theocracy, not a democracy.

Sorry, but I just don't see that we've done anything by the actions you suggest other than simply make things worse, create more enemies, and watch a few of our soldiers die needlessly each week.

I'm more than willing to try a different strategy, thank you very much, and by last report, so is about 80% of the population.