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I for one do not believe any of the man made doomsayer rhetoric. The natural environment of the planet has existed through many wild swings of death, destruction and rebirth. Man's relatively short time on earth has been of little affect. That does not mean we should not try to take care of the earth, but that it will outlast us no matter what.

As far as man-made doom, we've heard this a hundred thousand times before; every crackpot takes a swing at it. Guess what, they have always been wrong. Have we forgotten all the Christians who voiced an opinion that the end of the millennium was the end of man? Go back and read the enormous number of news reports of "preachers" and religious prophets pushing that stuff out at that time. Well, we're still waiting!

Please note this is not posted to upset any Christians, doomsayers or not, just to point out a recent example of such nonsense. No Christians were injured or killed during the composing of this post.

Now, back on topic. We completely misunderstand the minds of our opponents. We did not learn from Viet Nam and we or the Israelis from the ME. We can not win in any conventional war or battle. They win if they stand up and lob a rock, they win if they inflict any damage no matter how insignificant, they win if we kill (martyr) any one of them, and they win no matter what in their own minds. So how, except complete annihilation are we to win? I have several idea’s, but let’s hear some others opinions. No fantasies (I like reality) and no kill them all scenarios (see fantasies). Let’s try to stick with thing we could do in 5, 10, 15 years but geared to a long term solution. What say you?