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Muslim Waleed Aly, (w)academic and (token) ABC host, is angry that US soldiers are fighting in ways which makes it impossible for the Taliban to kill them:
[Drones] so radically and fundamentally alter the nature of war that they risk making war seem far less grave, and far easier to wage. Each side confronts the other, with the risk of death and defeat. In short, war should come at a cost. That contract is shredded when youre attacked by something that cannot itself be killed. Its not remotely a fair fight.
A word to Aly. There is no contract of the kind you imagine. The contract a society has is actually with its citizens, not its enemies. That contract is to fight for the societys self-protection using whatever means it has to minimise its own losses and maximise those of its foes. For the US to do anything other is not remotely fair to its citizens and to those it asks to fight for them. It has next to no obligation to be fair to terrorists.
But what we are seeing in the battlefield is not just a clash of technology drones against AK 47s and roadside bombs. It is a clash of cultures, and the weaponry is a product and a measure of each.
Clash of cultures? No. Its not. It is the oldest war in the world. Its our culture and civilisation against the barbarity and savagery of Islam.
Wally the snake: U.S. ?unfair? to fight with modern weapons, should use front loading muskets? ? Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami
[Drones] so radically and fundamentally alter the nature of war that they risk making war seem far less grave, and far easier to wage. Each side confronts the other, with the risk of death and defeat. In short, war should come at a cost. That contract is shredded when youre attacked by something that cannot itself be killed. Its not remotely a fair fight.
A word to Aly. There is no contract of the kind you imagine. The contract a society has is actually with its citizens, not its enemies. That contract is to fight for the societys self-protection using whatever means it has to minimise its own losses and maximise those of its foes. For the US to do anything other is not remotely fair to its citizens and to those it asks to fight for them. It has next to no obligation to be fair to terrorists.
But what we are seeing in the battlefield is not just a clash of technology drones against AK 47s and roadside bombs. It is a clash of cultures, and the weaponry is a product and a measure of each.
Clash of cultures? No. Its not. It is the oldest war in the world. Its our culture and civilisation against the barbarity and savagery of Islam.
Wally the snake: U.S. ?unfair? to fight with modern weapons, should use front loading muskets? ? Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami
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