Comments on: Al Qaeda on the Ropes https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/al-qaeda-on-the-ropes/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Joseph Fouche https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/al-qaeda-on-the-ropes/comment-page-1/#comment-418581 Joseph Fouche Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:25:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27893#comment-418581 They’ll run out of crazies before we run out of high explosive.

]]> By: Matthew Walker https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/al-qaeda-on-the-ropes/comment-page-1/#comment-418492 Matthew Walker Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:17:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27893#comment-418492 Remember back when everybody used to say that for every terrorist you kill, you create two new ones, so there’s no point?

But even if it’s true that these folks gain two (or a dozen) untrained fanatics with rifles for every leader or explosives expert you kill, they’re trading queens for pawns, and it’s a losing game.

The other myth was that terrorists don’t care about dying. The pawns may not care too much, but the Israelis proved years ago that the queens value their lives quite a bit more.

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