War Is The Answer, Sometime

By Semperpapa

From www.blackfive.net Uncle Jimbo

Suspected Taliban militants executed a seven-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the government, a provincial official said Wednesday.
The child was captured by the militants in Sangin district of southern province of Helmand Tuesday, Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said.
"The militants killed the seven-year-old boy in Heratiyan village of the district, on charges of espionage for Afghan government," Ahmadi said, citing information provided to police by relatives.

This is the answer to all those who say the war is not the answer.

Sometimes violence is the only element of human nature that can fix the wrongs of human nature.
Just as unmitigated violence was the only solution that Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan could actually understand, the devious approach of the Taliban and al Qaeda to human life in pursuit of their agendas has to be met with the same level of violence in order to convince these animals that American principles are alive and well, and that, in spite of Obama’s new world order, America still stands for freedom and justice.

So my question for those who believe that “war is not the answer” is this: what should be done about these animalistic murderers?
Of course the hardcore peace freaks will maintain that it is because of America that these acts of violence take place, more specifically because of George W. Bush, neglecting to admit that this kind of senseless killing was being conducted by the Taliban way before their alliance with al Qaeda and Bin Laden ever. So that excuse does not pass the smell test.

So what is the alternative to just plain exterminate these murderous masses? Sit down and talk?
Those who executed the 7-year old boy did just that with his family, conducting sort of a tribal trial of the little boy, before finding him guilty and executing him right in front of his family.

The only positive aspect of this tragedy, if one can actually find one, is that actions like this were instrumental in convincing the tribal elders of the Al-Anbar province in Iraq to participate in what became the Al-Anbar Awakening.
With the attempt at improving security and the populace witnessing such acts of terror, it may be possible to witness the common Afghan turning his back on the Taliban and recognize that there may be a better future for the people of Afghanistan in supporting a central government, even a corrupted one as the Karzai government, as corruption may be a better choice than the heavy murderous hand of the Taliban.

Just my thoughts!