So, what are we gonna do? We got slapped. Now we are gonna slap him back. What will happen then? IF we manage to hit Bin Ladin does that end the war? No. We will then have to face down all the people who believe he was right. So we have to slap them down too. What about their kids? Their wives? You gonna slap them too? We got the muscle! We got the money! We got the friends! We can do it!

But then, as the time drags on the friends get tired and decide to quit. And political differences at home result in forces that want to use the money to help our own people instead of killing theirs. And then all we have left is muscle. We have seen it happen over and over again. This is not a war worth fighting. If we were to go into Afghanistan why would we expect to fare any better than the Soviets did?

There HAS to be a better way.