9/17    Ok, so basically, no one has an answer to what we should do other
        than take some sort of military action?  I include assasination and
        elite strike force hit-squad activity as military action and doing
        anything to oust a foreign government as a form of pseudo-military
        action as well.  I'm honestly surprised the motd is so pro-war.
        \_ I wonder, given how badass the US is at cryptography, about
           mounting a massive cypher attack with the intent of identifying
           bin Laden's bank accounts and freezing them. This would be
           very illegal but perhaps a good use of the NSA and its talent.
           --ulysses
        \_ Hit squads are NOT military action. such things don't endanger
           the general population, nor do they put large numbers of troops
           at risk. Not that I'm advocating either way. I'd like us to commit
           thousands of troops unilaterally to fighting any and all countries
           where Osama could be, as long as it's not a big scary country like
           China or Russia.
           very illegal but perhaps a good use of the NSA and its talent.
           --ulysses
        \_ Hit squads are NOT military action. such things don't endanger
           the general population, nor do they put large numbers of troops
           at risk. Not that I'm advocating either way.
           \_ I stand corrected.  I shall clarify.  Rather than "military"
              let me use the phrase, "non-violent".  Taken that way, what I
              said still stands.
        \_ With the support of some Muslim allies, destroy the Taliban and
           Al Qaeda from the face of the earth.   Restore the exiled king
           Al Qaeda from the face of the earth.   Restore exiled king
           as head of a Constitutional monarchy and rebuild Afghanastan
           as we did in Japan and Germany after WWII.
           \_ I like this idea too, but I think it would be costly.  We
              must be prepared to suffer some losses.  However, I do not
              think the Taliban had the support of the people the way
              Ho Chi Minh does.  The Taliban are more like the Khmer
              Rouge butchers when the Vietnamese invaded.
           \_ potential, but doesn't this remind some of the Bay of Pigs?
           \_ a political solution
           \_ I like this idea too.