U.S.: Raids have taken out 900 Taliban leaders

[citizen k]

If my predecessors all got whacked, I'd cast reason to the wind and act like an asshole too.  What's there to lose when your days on the job are numbered?

Same could be said for Mexican police chiefs.

[CountDeMoney]

If my predecessors all got whacked, I'd cast reason to the wind and act like an asshole too.  What's there to lose when your days on the job are numbered?

Same could be said for Mexican police chiefs.

No shit.  Then again, you really have a zero tolerance policy when you're erasing college students that take the gig.  I mean, c'mon.

[Viking]

If my predecessors all got whacked, I'd cast reason to the wind and act like an asshole too.  What's there to lose when your days on the job are numbered?

Same could be said for Mexican police chiefs.

the 20 y.o. single mom criminology student that got that job in the shitty border town is apparently on the run now...

[Berkut]

The funny thing is, when the Americans kill a Taliban leader, the new one is often more independent, radical and violent (for obvious reasons). And when your gameplan is to negotiate some settlement and leave, that's pretty bad.

Love it.

If the US succeeds in killing terrorists, we are fucking up.

If we don't, we are fucking up.

[DGuller]

I guess the optimum solution is to wound them, but making sure they stay alive.

[The Brain]

I think the body count metric is great.

[Caliga]

I guess the optimum solution is to wound them, but making sure they stay alive.

In other words, what we've done with bin Laden?

[Maximus]

I guess the optimum solution is to wound them, but making sure they stay alive.

Or kill them but keep them in the position as a zombie.

[grumbler]

I guess the optimum solution is to wound them, but making sure they stay alive.

Or kill them but keep them in the position as a zombie.

Terrifying!

[Razgovory]

I guess the optimum solution is to wound them, but making sure they stay alive.

In other words, what we've done with bin Laden?

No, that's the "Convince the voters you killed him, and assume that he'll die of old age eventually" strategy.