Silly people, you're not thinking! Peace is "the state prevailing during the absence of war" (according to Google). Now, if there is no one living in an area there can be said to be peace in that area. Kill everyone in the middle east, and look peace!
Now, obviously killing everyone is hard; there are too many places for people to hide. The solution then is just to destroy as much as possible and kill as many as possible. Civilian, terrorist, army; doesn't matter. If you're at war you should be in it to win; and like a game victory is by surrender or elimination.
Quote: Md, there wouldn't have been peace, Im sure countries would be attacking the US (which would obviously affect us). No, if you kill everyone there is no one left to attack us. If you bomb them so far into the stone age that they have no way of attacking us they won't. It's really quite simple. Plus, if you show people that attacking you will result in the destruction of their culture, land, families, friends, pets, basically everything they have ever known then they will not attack you. It's like mutually assured destruction, except it's not mutual.
Quote: Thats not a solution (nor is war btw Razz) but your plan B was an even worse solution- I think that way more people would die, even though they hadn't to. Why should civilians get killed for some wrong someone else did? See Above. But basically the point is to make attacking us have known consequences that are so horrible no one will attack us. There are no civilians in war, only non-uniformed soldiers. The citizenry of your enemy are not innocent, nor are they detached from the war. They want their side to win, and they support their side however they can. Will killing "civilians" anger our enemy>? Probably, but as we are at war with them and our goal is to win it doesn't really matter how angry they are; just how dead. On a side note, one benefit of killing everyone ("civilians" included) is that there are then no families torn apart (well... between living and dead), thus no one left to hate us and want to attack us.
Quote: Are you actually serious md? You would bomb the shit out of a country and expect peace? Yes. If I were in charge of the war plan my plan would be to make war so horrendous that avoiding it at all costs would be a reality. Currently war is easy. Sure a few soldiers die, and it's expensive as hell; but it won't bankrupt the united states (quite yet) nor does the number of soldiers killed come close to say, the number of Americans killed by other Americans each year. Simply put right now war is an acceptable strategy, even if it is frowned upon by society. Likewise, terrorists know that the Americans won't kill civilians and that it's hard to actually pick the terrorist out of a crowd. Terrorists are currently immune, and war is easy. How will this lead to peace?
Now, If war meant that you're country got destroyed, anyone in said country was killed (terrorist, civilian, who cares) and all from over the horizon where you couldn't shoot back; wouldn't you as a leader of the country about to disappear from the face of the earth do everything you could to stop that from happening? If your a civilian in said country wouldn't you turn over your leaders if that's what was demanded? If you as the destroying nation demand that terrorist X is handed over along with anyone associated with him, I'm pretty certain it'd happen. Assuming you gave them the choice. Much better to just destroy the offending country for even allowing a terrorist to live there. That way everyone else would know how serious you are; and they'd get the terrorists for you.
Now, just to make myself clear. War is bad. If you must go to war win the war. Victory is though elimination or surrender. Of those options elimination can be done cheaper, quicker, and will less potential loss to your side. Attempting to eliminate your opponent with bombs is also a great way of destroying their will to fight, making surrender quite possible too. So if you're going to start a war, don't be a pansy. Go all in and destroy everything. That way no one will challenge you again. |
) but your plan B was an even worse solution- I think that way more people would die, even though they hadn't to. Why should civilians get killed for some wrong someone else did?