Jihad. Stupid Infidel. Hahahaha Like I said during the war. I was entirely in favor of every islamic extremist piling up in a row of cars and traveling to Iraq to kill the American scum that was the US military. If they want a jihad, they should try to bring it to our troops. I think a decent amount of them did, and are now crippled or dead. In my mind, this is probably (next to the Iraqi people being freed) the best positive out of this war to date.
Maybe that's part of the plan. Set up our military boys in an area with the most crazies on earth, basically saying "come and get us". Those bent on killing american soldiers take the bait, and face heavily armed and trained troops instead of taking on american civilians. Rumsfeld criticizing Syria for letting fighters through was not the way to approach it. we shoulda set up free buses at the border - and made it easier to pick 'em off on the way in.
Actually, I am disturbed by this story. It is very sad. The kids are not to blame. It is their political and religious leaders who lie to them, and irresponsible media like Al Jazeera who inflames them. They are the ones to blame for the blood of these youngsters.
You talk like there is a finite number of 'crazies' for us to kill off, as if they were so many roaches behind your kitchen cabinet, and that once we 'got them all' the problem would be gone. I can't think of a much more dubious proposition, but what really saddens me is that I'm pretty certain many of our leaders think right along these lines.