Good point Gepard, we would have to stoop to their level in order for total victory. That is something no one is willing to take on. Al Q knows this and will continue to wage the war their way. They wont just stay in Afghanistan though, they want to branch out and have other fundamentalist states. So then what? Wait until they are on your shores before something gets done? It's easy to play arm chair quarterback when you aren't at the tip of the spear. Talk to people like EricJ, or porterjr, Crab_02, serverandenforcer who have been at that tip.
Julhelm you brought up some great points, but the problem is that they do not want to be integrated. They all want the world under Sharia Law. Where you can be executed on a whim for just about anything. No soccer playing. No kite flying. No movies. Women are totally subservient to men and can be executed on the whim of their "husbands" You all have read the stories. So just like the Nazi's of WWII, they had to be defeated. Yes the way the war is being fought is different but the principle is still the same. Yes there are some Nazi's around but they don't own all of Europe, they are all rhetoric now. Its an interesting problem that doesn't have any good solutions.