a few strikes

[Biggsk@aol.com]

Keets writes:

<<  Bush 
 seems to be talking about an open-ended conflict which could extend over a 
 number of years, rather than a few strikes.  This has serious implications. 
>>

Keets,
There is no easy problem that "a few strikes" can solve here!  That was 
Clinton's problem (well, one of many in my book) - he did not want to commit 
to anything to really do damage to terrorists and just lobbed a few cruise 
missles at them.  When he did do something serious about it, in Somalia, he 
failed utterly as commander in chief to provide the troops that were sent in 
with the proper armored support needed to get the job done - and a bunch if 
U.S. Army Rangers died!

Bush is correct - this will be a long war, it will not be an easy war, the 
enemy has no infrastructure to take out (one emailed to Fox News wrote, 
"let's bomb them into the Stone Age," and the commentator stated simply, 
"we'll, they're already there!  What's next?") and no standing army like Iraq 
had.

This is not some sinister plot Keets - this is a president that has a command 
team with a lot of experience at these things (folks that fought the Gulf 
War) and how tod eal with them.  We the people are too inculcated with being 
quick about everything we do and telling the people that this will not be 
quick is the best idea.  If it is quicker then that's terrific!

Make no mistake, these people will fight back, fight back hard and dirty with 
much of our infrastructure being at risk.  I am talking about power lines, 
cell towers, water supplies, buildings, freeway and other bridges, road 
junctions on the Interstate Highway System (which was built for defense 
purposes by the way) and lots more.  We do not have the manpower in uniforms 
(cops, troops etc.) to cover all of that!

Most chilling to me is the recent CIA announcment that satellite intel showed 
a known terrorist camp with loads of dead animals nearby.  Seems that bio 
agents are being tested by this cell, more than likely obtained from Iraq.  
That is what we are dealing with.

As I stated earlier, Afghanistan has never been beaten in war (not since 
Alexander the Great anyway).  They have chewed up two superior armies that 
invaded them over the last 160 years (Britain and the Soviet Union).  We know 
that.

Sorry - no comspiracy theories abound here Keets.

Greg Biggs/CVC