Uh-oh....Bruce used the 'P' word (profile)... On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So then narrow the focus on what a real terrorist is and let the world > know we will go after them. But if a terrorist is posing as a butcher, a > baker or a candlestick maker, then we go after them too. Not all of them > of course. Terrorists do fit a profile, we just profile them and go > after those who fit that profile. Remember Sesame Street? One of these > things doesn't belong, one of these things is different from the other. > Go after what is different. That is how we do it here. The insurgent may > look like the locals, and dress like the locals and act like the locals, > but they fit a certain profile, their subtleties still stand out. We > learn their TTP's and act on this new knowledge, find them, and capture > or kill them (I prefer the latter actually, then we do not have to worry > about detaining them and giving them rights, and a lot less paperwork to > boot). > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Because "a war on terror" is not "a war". > > > > It is too loose. Too open. Too undefined. > > > > "A war in Iraq". That makes sense. > > "A task-force to follow money being sent to Basque seperatists". That > makes > > sense. > > "A campaign against Taliban fighters in Kandahar." That makes sense. > > > > "A war on terror". That encompasses Iraq, but according to the Bush > > administration, it also encompasses library workers in Colorado, people > > attending a bake sale in Michigan, and the guy who threw the shoe at > Bush. > > > > That is just not good enough. > > > > There is no need to declare "a war on terror". That is understood by > > everyone but the French. > > > > We need more specific goals, targets, actions. We need to know how we are > > doing. If we are winning. Where we need more troops, more action, more > > diplomacy, more laws, less laws. > > > > Making a project "make all the websites my company needs" would get me > > fired. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
