Quote Originally Posted by Catiline
The argument for needing better equipment is not really going to stand up. The US is already significantly more advanced than the rest of the world, including the UK, to the extent that in osme cases that level of technological difference is a problem.

Through out history it's been demonstrated that equipment actualy makes little differnce. well motivated, high morale troops consistently out perform those dressed up in shiny new gear.
I agree. Ever heard of the Swiss in the middle ages, a small swiss army with next to no armour and some cruddy pikes thrashed knights in expensive full plate armour, and that was because the swiss used better tactics and were betetr motivated.

Now look at terrorists, there is no such thing as a terrorist army, 10 terrorists can kill thousands of troops. They might have no jets or nukes but they are willing to die for their cause. They have no scruples, soldier or civilian is the same to them, they can achive their goals by killing anyone. Nuking them or bombing them wont work, they dont have a fixed base, most members of radical groups look like civilians or live abroad, carpet Bombing or nuking cant get them. And i can bet loads of terrorists will be living in the U.S. Will you carpet bomb the US to kill them? You need to use diplomacy to eliminate the causes of terrorism, look at the UK and Ireland trying to disband the IRA, they know they cant kill them without making more attacks happen, and instead they are trying to prevent the terrorsism. That what you need counter terrorism not a war on terrorism