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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
So, are we at war with Islam or what?
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Actually Islam is at war with itself with the fundamentalists attempting to co-opt their religion. The fundamentalists are at war with the west as a way of showing their more timid brethern that Islam is all powerful because it currently has shown a strategic advantage over the west by attacking when and where it wants while demonstrating the impotence of cold war manuever doctrine developed for the plains of Europe as incapable of stemming their efforts. The west, not wanting to further inflame the muslim world, has declared a war on terror and refuses to identify the terrorist as being linked to Islamic Fundamentalists by name. The fundamentalists understand western culture better than the west understanding Islamic/fundamentalist culture and is playing on the west's lack of will for any insurgency and will wait us out while we die the death of a thousand cuts. US strategy is not tied to military necessity but political expediency and while unconventional warfare can play a major role in bringing about change within the target states that support terrorist activities and Islamic Fundamentalism there is no comprehensive campaign developed to do so that can withstand the political oversight and idiots who reside on captial hill who put their own careers ahead of the needs of the country. Just a simplified overview from a forest dweller where all avenues of approach are covered by surveillance and direct fire.