Written by me on a different forum:

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At this juncture I believe that weâ??ve gone far enough with large-scale military actions. A few weeks ago I would not have felt this way. We as the United States should maintain our commitments to rebuild and oversee both Afghanistan and Iraq until they are rebuilt, stable and democratic. If we withdraw we seriously damage our reputation (even further for opponents of the war) and our honor by not fulfilling promises made to even our newest allies. But after and during this reconstruction periods I believe we have gone and done as much as we can or should with our large-scale military forces. The United States should also move its forces out of Saudi Arabia and into Iraq since that seems to be a major complaint with Al-Q (Iâ??m sure it wont solve anything, but Id just like to use it to further point out their hypocrisy to potential recruits). These forces should only be used now and in the future when the larger infrastructure of Al-Q finds such a safe haven as Afghanistan was.





What the world should do now is rely on police and intelligence forces. The best way to fight terrorism is by treading more lightly, with every action, and every enemy casualty more Al-Q recruits are created, more fanatical ones. Along with the Police and intelligence forces of other countries and the United States working together with those capable (UK most of all) should employ their Special Forces more heavily. Less attention needs to be lavished upon tiptoeing around the Sovereignty (Not to invade or anything, just for individual raids) of countries which will not or cannot act against terrorists. The problem of Sovereignty delays quick action which is absolutely vital in this type of action. By combining good Police and Intelligence work if all went as it should these actions should be reasonably effective at destroying terrorist cells and killing terrorist leaders. As a benefit of the course of these actions less toes will be stepped on, and likely the United States will be able to mend fences, build bridges, and overall enjoy more public support worldwide.