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Originally posted by Shortfuse
Bin Laden was teh main objective (well the first anyway) in our war against Terrorism and to set out sights somewhere else before capturing him was completely short-sighted.
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Bin Laden was NEVER the main objective in this war. It was widely understood that Al Qaeda was structured in a way that if it was decapitated, it would keep functioning.
The War on Terror is based on the notion that the only way to prevent another 9-11 (or worse) is to eliminate the root causes that allow Al Qaeda to exist. This means remaking the Middle East so that incompetent governments don't blame the US, through demagoguery, for everything. It means removing the influence of the radical madrassas. It also means that its time for the Middle East to cease being one of the few areas on Earth that is disengaged from the rest of humanity.