The Logic Off Topic list

Mr. Joeri wrote :
>> > turns out terrorists like Al Quaeda. They take in Allegerians, 
>> Egyptians,
>> > etc and turn them into terrorists. It takes a lot of work and luck to
>> > catch each one of these guys as they enter the US with bombs or try to
>> > bomb something. We really can't keep up with all of them. So its
>> > necessary to shut down the factory. 
>

>Aha. So what's the "factory" in your opinion?
>If you mean the factory = trainingcamps, then I say it's useless to bomb 
>it because those trainingcamps are nothing more but a few bricks etc and 
>they'll be relocated anyway.

But it will slow them down, and we can watch with satellite imagery and 
"predator" drone survelience planes.

>If you mean the factory = an ideology, then I say it's useless to bomb 
>Afghanistan because you will only strengthen the ideology. Take away the 
>reasons why the people turn to that ideology. That's the only solution 
>in the long rong.


Thats the risk right there as you have put your finger on it. The US must 
walk a fine line - destroying the right people and bases, but not 
appearing to be too militaristic. Actually, the US has known of these 
camps for years - after the various other terror attacks on our 
embassies, the WTC attack in 93 and the bombing of the USS Cole. However, 
they didn't want to have a full attack because of world opinion I 
suppose. However, it got to the point after Sept 11, that they need to 
take the risk because the alternative is unacceptable. 

The US invaded Panama under Bush's father. For a short while it was ugly 
and some civilians were inadvertently killed. However, in the end, it put 
the country right and it now enjoys a democracy. 

The bigger mistake we can all see now, was NOT invading Bagdad and 
removing Saddam Hussein. The Iraqui people would be more prosperous today 
if we had taken the heat at the time and did what someone needed to do.