Quote Originally Posted by oakley#36
I know this sounds extreme but whatever! Do any of you guys remember the empire of Japan? The emperor was the living god, hand chosen by god.......The Japanese military had suicide bombers (Kamakazi), Japanese people would kill themselves and their children before surrendering to the US or whomever. Then on August 6th and 9th of 1945 President Truman dealt with the japanese, the only way to deal with people who have this type of mind-set in which we are discussing. Total and complete destruction of two of their cities and ALL OF ITS PEOPLE not just military sites.
Here's one flaw with that logic - Japan was a nation headed by a legitament government who we could target. We took out their cities, crushed their economies and killed their people. It sent a message to nations around the world. Terrorists on the other hand, are scattered all over and cannot be crippled by a bombing in just one nation and killing thousands of people of one nationality. The people/groups who are responsible for terrorism live in different regions and are funded by people all over the world - not just in Iraq. They blend in with society so that you cannot point them out. People tend to forget that fighting a war against a nation is very different from fighting terrorist groups who reside in several different nations. You end up killing the wrong people and making more new enemies.

Level Iraq and then what are you left with? Extremist groups in Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemin, Palestine, etc who all have even more to add to their hate teachings. It's a guerilla war that we have to battle at the root. We have to get involved with the psychological battle that they're winning with the young impressionable people who they're teaching to hate us and kill innocent people. Religion is a powerful thing - and it can be used to rationalize anything - even killing thousands of people to make a point. Religion is a weapon they're using to their advantage, and we're not going to beat it with bombs and invasions. In my opinion, our bombing Iraq, as people have suggested, will only help their cause and help them gain more support from millions of other sympathetic Muslims.