Re: Footfall: Niven and Pournelle's Apologia for Suicide Bombing

Yeah verily, on 12 Oct 2005 16:16:01 -0700, Jordan did exercise fingers and
typed:

>>We (speaking in the general, Western sense) are propping up the Saudi government. <
>
>Thank you, Keith. You've just argued (whether you meant to or not)
>that there is nothing we can do, short of winning this war, that will
>really end it -- and that, therefore, we must win this war.

You assume you can win. You don't even know what the victory conditions
might possibly be. "Killing the Islamofascists" is meaningless because (1)
it's a meaningless made up word that might make you feel good but has
minimal relevance to the real world and (2) there will always be someone
else.

I mean you could nuke all the Muslim countries into parking lots Just To Be
Sure but I'm not sure that counts as a win.
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