On 12/20/2015 03:54 PM, Eagle wrote:
After 9/11 Bush made the speech about this nation going to war against
terrorism, and that there will be fighting in every corner of the world,
some reported, some not. I thought to myself [and I bet most did the
same] how do you fight a war against a religion with over two billion
members? How do you keep sepparate the jihadists and the peaceful
muslimers?

Britain never exactly won going up against the IRA. The IRA really
didn't have that many active members and Irish Catholics only blow
themselves up by mistake.

To continue the analogy, Bloody Sunday in 1972 was the best recruiting
tool the Provos ever had. It says a lot that it took the Brits until now
to arrest one of the Paras:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34775466

That whole 'we'll fight them over there so we don't have to fight them
here' was a pipe dream.