The stupid war

The stupid, losing, war on terrorism. This is a war that will not be won by either side killing the other side.

The "terrorists" are men and women, not unlike those that live here in the US, fighting for what they believe in. Their acts of terrorism, killing innocents, are, in their eyes, a rebuttal to what they believe are acts of terrorism by the US and Allied countries. Namely, but not exclusively, drone attacks that kill their targets, and other collateral damage.

Their leaders want every American dead. Most of their people are taught this is the solution. Most of American citizens believe the solution to the war on terror should be a crater where the Middle East used to be.

It is an overwhelming idea that it may be too late to try negotiate with your adversaries. There must be something they want, aside from every American dead. The removal of military bases in certain occupied countries? The US will spin their presence as invasion in the name of democracy? Most citizens in the world are completely naive as to all the many facets that encompass the poor relationship between the west and it’s allies, and “the terrorists” and their host countries.

Everyday, the news is filled with “we killed some of them” or “they killed some of us”, or “we killed some of them because they killed some of us”. It has gotten really old. Never do I read or hear that America have taken steps towards a peaceful settlement. A meeting at a secure location between the peace loving leader of America and the ruthless leader of ISIS, or Al Qaeda.

The solution is NOT to retaliate. Those who think this is the solution are stupid. The solution is to go after weapons. Go after suppliers. Go after money. Go after network capability. Go after recruiters. Implement passive infrastructure attacks to cripple capability.

There are sleepers on every country waiting to be activated. If the NATO countries continue to attack ISIS, and other extremist groups, then we can expect more allied dead.

As long as we continue to kill them, they will continue to kill us. The US and it's Allies can't kill ‘em all. Is this the Allied countries endgame? ‘Cause it'll never happen. Not without many more Allied lives lost. It will never end.

There is an old work anecdote: If you perform the same job the same way every time, should you expect a different result even once?

Killing and bombing is that job that produces only one result: the death of more soldiers and innocents.

In order to kill every American, the extremists have their work cut out for them. The Allies, however, have been unable to kill all the extremists either. More are born, schooled, trained, recruited everyday.

The hardest thing to swallow of that, in the face of lives lost, we must publicly forgive our adversaries, and open the lines of communication. Behind the scenes, the passive infrastructure attacks should continue. “The other side” expects this anyway.

Stop killing these people! If the Allies value human life, they must stop killing their adversaries. Killing will only get more Allies, and innocents, killed. The killing must stop! This stupid war will never end as long as either side are still killing.