I wouldn’t be so quick to argue that we’re fighting this war by half-measures.
Ask the French how all-out war against Muslims went in Algeria. The French used collective punishment in the form of indiscriminate airstrikes and artillery barrages on villages; mass summary executions; horrific torture; and concentration camps, but they still lost.
Not only that, their KIA rate was almost four times ours, even though they killed 350,000 to 1.5 million Algerians.
Ask the Soviets how they did using all-out war against Muslims in Afghanistan. Their KIA rate was twice ours, even though they killed a million Afghans.
This is the Long War. By fighting it with a level of restraint, we’re slowly turning Muslims against al Qaeda and their ilk.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m sick of Islam. I hate it. But we need Muslims both to help us win and to bring about an Enlightenment in their awful religion.
Be patient. We’re doing this the smart way, no matter what the so-called experts say.
