re: #314 prononymous

I hope you didn’t take my “cutting worms” comment as referring to Palestinians as worms. They are humans, just like the rest of us.

What happens when you cut a worm is that each half grows back the missing part and you have two worms. I see that as roughly what happens when governments try to use a conventional military to attack terrorists or guerrillas. Asymmetric warfare works, just ask our founding fathers.

In Malaysia the British were able to get the job done, also in Kenya. And though it took years, we were able to find the Iraqi help we need and cut the heart out of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Military force can work, as long as its accompanied by the correct political actions.