July 9, 2012

Quote: We cannot kill our way to victory in the war on terror


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[War] technology has improved since Vietnam and Cambodia. But we still can't bomb our way to victory....

We live in an age when American might can overwhelm the defenses of entire countries with barely a drop of American blood spent. It is, in a way, too easy. Because there is so little risk, there is no political cost to be paid for the drone wars. Presidents Bush and Obama could deploy drones by the dozens with the certain knowledge it would do nothing but enhance their political causes....

We cannot kill our way to victory in the war on terror. I'm not even sure we have a place in the fight.



Radical Islam is a cult within the larger body of the religion. It is not going to be defeated with bombs or bullets. It must be attacked and rooted out from within Islam, at the village and mosque level. Our main role in this fight is to embolden the Muslim majority to rally against the radicals.

Right now, we're harming that goal more than helping.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcdermott-drones-and-cambodia-20120617,0,5678418.story

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