Exactly the right solution to terror.

Stanislav points out what we all know. That current efforts to deal with terrorism are pointless. The only approach that will work is:

1. collective punishment and
2. reprisal assassinations for key decision makers.
   

The counter at TheReligionofPeace.com is about to hit 17,000 since 9/11. How much longer

Unavenged.

must civilized people put up with barbarians? Why do we restrain ourselves in the face of unrestrained torture and killing? Civilized methods are for civilized countries and their civilized populations.

It is past time to stop pretending that there are no human animals in the world.

If my support for this solution strikes you as illiberal or murderous, tell me which approach will result in fewer killings? Arrest warrants, indictments and the occasional Hellfire missile? Or swift, ferocious attacks on mujahadin, their leaders, and the enablers of both of these?

Some years ago, I read a book on The Winter War in Finland. The magnificent Finns ran rings around the Red Army until, according to the author, the Soviets just decided that that state of affairs was ridiculous for a major nation to endure and determined to solve the problem once and for all. Which they did. They didn't achieve all their aims but there wasn't a problem with Finnish military resistance thereafter.

Collective responsibility is a much under-appreciated concept. The Normans used it in England and we seem to have no difficulty now in having taxpayers assume responsibility for bad decisions made by others. Let's expand the use of collective responsibility to the war on Islam.

"Out Terror the Terrorists." By Stanislav, Mat Rodina, 1/26/11.