Peter Peres wrote:

>> Whatever, point was, the guerillas disappear into the bushes,
>> leave the country, go home, lie low for 6 months or 3 years.
>> They have probably already done so. There is no standing army,
>> no front lines, etc, etc. They wait years to do things.
>
>However they have names and faces, they teach others, and they learn from
>others who also have names and faces. The technology is sufficiently
>developed to go after them *forever*. Nowadays even a cave dwelling animal
>can be routed and trapped at will assuming that the hunters want that.
>They can take him or her alive or not, as required.
...........
>


Peter, you took this somewhat out of context.

Along with the preceding lines, it was to illustrate that going
in to rout the terrorists where they "were" 2 months ago using
overwhelming force is probably unrealistic. They probably went
into hiding even before last tuesday.

Likewise, carpet bombing innocent populations where terrorists
may be residing is completely foolish, and will only make the
situation worse.

The US govt is working on solutions and telling everyone to stay
calm in the meantime. We should let them do their job, and hope
they do it well.

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