I still think working with moderate muslims (probably 90+% of the total) is a far better solution than primarily using a military approach. You may be right that it might take a generation or two to put a lid on Islamic terrorism but playing “wack a mole” with our military will NEVER solve the problem.

Edwards plan, as with any western plan put forth so far, ascribes a western mentality to a people who couldn’t be further from it. The two paradigms don’t mix.

For some problems there are no good solutions, we can only try to limit the damage in our own land.

If we can convince the majority of muslims in the world that they would be better off helping eradicate terrorists, the problem will be far better handled than the clumsy US military can do. For example I have some Christian Lebanese friends who are supportive of Hezballah. The only reason they are is their fear of the Israelis/US is far greater than their fear of Hezballah who they know will at least defend Lebanon.

Until the US can convince Lebanese Christians that we are the “good guys” they, and other Lebanese, will not defang Hezballah. You can take this same scenerio to other Muslim countries. We have NOT shown muslims we care about their needs and interests, only our own or Israel. We need to show in as many tangible ways as possibile our friendship and help are not just words. So far we have done a very poor job of it. Our motto of do what we want or we’ll kill you isn’t cutting the mustard.

Let’s keep killing them instead. That’s worked really well so far.