Chuck wrote :

> I sure do, let me respond this way:
>
> Say you had a patch of forest that had an over abundance of
> wolves. How
> would you go about reducing this number?
>
> 1) Hunt the wolves?
>
> This would just weed out the less successful specimens and
> allow the others
> to breed. End result, more wolves.
>
> 2) Hunt the Wolves food?
>
> Less food means less new wolves born as the old wolves die
> off. End result,
> fewer wolves.
>
> Bin Laden is a wolf, the Arab governments and charities that
> support him are
> his food supply. To control the terrorists we must cut off
> their source of
> money and weapons. Any other approach is futile.

Chuck, I totally agree with you. Cutting off the terrorists's flow of money
and other supplies may be much, much more effective than bombing a whole
population of civilians.

Perhaps ... perhaps I can see some light at the end of the tunnel ... And it
cutting off Al Qaeda's supplies was the way out of war some people are
looking for ? Wouldn't it help win the war against terrorism without
alienating the Muslim community and spreading countless little Bin Ladens
all over the world ?

Our opinions may differ, but the objective remains the same : get rid of the
wolves.

Christian

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