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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

The Sixth Century BCE philosopher-general Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War emphasized the importance of understanding one's enemy, that is what I do when considering potential threats, so to say OBL was a possible folk hero fighting against oppression would be quite correct, for one has to consider the person from the enemies point of view. To successfully defeat a potential enemy, one must first understand them and by studying the fact not the fiction, one stands to understand how a potential enemy thinks and there be ready to meet them at every corner. Remove the surprise factor and a war stands more chance of being won in our favour.

But an interesting article also describing the western belief that everything has a price tag, something that is increasingly being found to be wrong when it comes to Islamic extremists, for they are true believers, they live, fight and die for their belief, many simply cannot be bought;

Understanding our Enemies by David Zucker

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne
Just like the matrix movie the name Nebuchadnezzar was not pulled out of someones ass, it has a purpose.

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ORIGINAL: Marini

Number one I refuse to capitalize his name, so deal.

I thought we needed another bin laden, thread.

Of course I am glad that we caught bin laden, very glad.

I thought bin laden was going to end up dying from his infirmities or old age.

Does anyone else wonder why it took 10 years to find that "person"?

We have all this technology, CIA, undercover operations, top secret operatives and operations, all these secret secret police, informers, best of the best of everything in the world, and we can't find that thing that was hiding in plain sight?

10 years???

It just really makes me wonder.

If he had died and we never found the body, I could understand that, but he was alive?
living with his children, marrying new wives? having babies? watching t.v.?

Is it just me, or does it seem a bit weird that it took so long to "locate" bin laden, especially in this day and age.

Also, what about the Pakistanians, that couldn't see someone in plain sight?
How much foreign aid, does the US give to Pakistan again?