How to Win a War! - Page 3

Tarheeler · #21 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by justabubba

i missed you explaining to us what infrastructure you would destroy in the war on terror
maybe it would be easier for you to identify the infrastructure that would not be destroyed ... in which case explain to us how that action will help the population we are saying we are there to assist
or do you intend to kill them all and sort them out later?

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Originally Posted by Tarheeler

It even works then, tho. It's just not us doing it.

You're looking at this backwards. We're not doing it. The infrastructure is continually under attack in Iraq. And if you've paid attention to the news, the candidates, and many on this forum, the US is starting to lose it's will to fight.

justabubba · #22 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheeler

You're looking at this backwards. We're not doing it. The infrastructure is continually under attack in Iraq. And if you've paid attention to the news, the candidates, and many on this forum, the US is starting to lose it's will to fight.

before you digress away from this question, you have not explained, in the war on terror, where the enemy consists of isolated adherents to an opposing ideology and not a state, which infrastructure is to be destroyed and which is not to be subject to attack. this presupposes we want to avoid collateral casualties and preserve the well being of the non-terrorist indigenous population

Tarheeler · #23 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by justabubba

before you digress away from this question, you have not explained, in the war on terror, where the enemy consists of isolated adherents to an opposing ideology and not a state, which infrastructure is to be destroyed and which is not to be subject to attack. this presupposes we want to avoid collateral casualties and preserve the well being of the non-terrorist indigenous population

Are you not reading today? I even high-lighted for you. We are not using this strategy. Our enemy is.

justabubba · #24 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheeler

Are you not reading today? I even high-lighted for you. We are not using this strategy. Our enemy is.

but you said it was a good stratey to fight terrorism.
i find that it is not
which is why i asked you to explain how you will simultaneously bomb the infrastructure while aiding the non-terrorist citizens

Tarheeler · #25 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by justabubba

but you said it was a good stratey to fight terrorism.
i find that it is not
which is why i asked you to explain how you will simultaneously bomb the infrastructure while aiding the non-terrorist citizens

No, I didn't. I said it was usable in the war. I specifically said we're not using it. Kind of only leaves one other option, huh? If you're trying to rebuild, you can't destroy.

justabubba · #26 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheeler

No, I didn't. I said it was usable in the war. I specifically said we're not using it. Kind of only leaves one other option, huh? If you're trying to rebuild, you can't destroy.

oh, but you did ... notice it in the red font below:

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Originally Posted by justabubba

if we are engaged in a conventional war i am inclined to agree with you. not so much on the "war on terror"

tarheeler:
It even works then, tho. It's just not us doing it.

so there you have it. you say destroying the country's infrastructure is a winnable strategy in the war on terror and then you say if you are fighting terrorists you cannot destroy the infrastructure
which is it: flip or flop?

BillyBob · #27 (**permalink**) 05-24-2008, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by justabubba

oh, but you did ... notice it in the red font below:

so there you have it. you say destroying the country's infrastructure is a winnable strategy in the war on terror and then you say if you are fighting terrorists you cannot destroy the infrastructure
which is it: flip or flop?

My strategy is better. Kill all the men, destroy a few villages, rape some of the women [oh wait, I've seen muslim women

] rape some of the camels and install a new government.