No Sir no...you can't have your cake and eat it too!

[Samir_Mirchandani]

Re: No Sir no…you can’t have your cake and eat it too!

@Captain1

Yes English is not my strong point, same is the case with my ability to explain things/events. The point is “terrorists” are not going to create a “village” or “town” or “housing/compound” for themselves to become an easy target for any stronger army, they will live within civilians. War in any country will create reactionary forces. There were no terrorists in Iraq before US’s invasion of Iraq, but when they devastated Iraq and removed its government it became an open field for every powerful criminal to carve out an area for his control as well as invite “jihadis” from around the world.

Both Iraq and Afghanista/Iraq have a parallel, it has to be brought into discussion. Iraq’s example is a clear indication that you can’t eliminate terrorists by bombing. US had full authority and full fledge army in Iraq but still failed to control terrorism. Now lets move to Afghanistan, US keeps harping about Pakistan playing double game to deflect its failures in Afghanistan but at the same time it shies away from failure in Iraq.

Ofcourse there are strong parallels and ofcourse you cannot eliminate terrorism by just bombing…that is not the discussion here.

To eliminate terrorists there needs to be elimination of their ideology and the support structures provided by governments such as what Pakistani state has been proven to have done.