Re: That's precisely what they depend on.
> It's time to put a little uncertainty into their lives. A little swift, unilateral action will screw up their calculations and make ROI far more uncertain.
Like the way the TERRORISTS did to the America?
Not quite.
If you didn't have your head stuck up somewhere, you'd see a vast difference.
United States forces (usually) (attempt to) bend over backwards to avoid hitting civilians. Witness the constant shelling of the airport in Sarevjo - where the US forces wouldn't fire back, since it might hit people nearby.
This was a deliberate attack *using civilians as cover*.
The United States response is not to take out civilians - which would be the analog you're discussing, but the planners, financeers, leaders, and grunts of the terrorist movements.
If they'd just started carpet bombing Afganistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the Phillipines, yes, then it would be exactly the same.
Addison
