Well, my post was just to signify that it's rather useless to claim yourself as an expert; it doesn't give you any more weight in the argument.
While I don't have much reason to doubt your claim of being an expert I don't have much reason to believe it, either. (Other than with how I think your idea is extremely off-base) In the end it's irrelevant. Even if you gave every ounce of evidence of who you are, it's all useless online. I've seen numerous people claim to be people they aren't; and some do incredibly good jobs at being someone else, even to the point of having fake pictures of IDs, phone numbers, email addresses, addresses .etc (typically real documents of someone else).
The two year claim is what I have a fuss with. Again, I'm not making something out of nothing because of the specific "2 years"; it's the claim altogether. Ten years, even, I would doubt. You could be the most informed, most well trained, person in the world and meet me in person to prove it. That claim is ridiculous. This type of a "war" is going to take decades upon decades, not a couple years.
The hatred of people doesn't just go "poof" and go away. Nor will killing all of them do this either; now you're just ticking more and more people off. Going to kill them too? Unless you kill everyone, you're not going to get very far. We're talking ideologies that are being ingrained through the generations of people involved, not a crazy dictator leading a solid army. You don't eliminate an ideology by killing a person. With that said, hugging trees and screaming "make peace" wont do anything either. In the end, killing civilians, even if they had some contact with a non-civilian, is wrong (in the sense of being excessive, brutal, and unnecessary).
I could easily go on for a long time and throughly explain where I stand in all of this, but it's not worth the time, arguing, or risk of anger falling upon me. I would advise people not to assume what my stance is though; I'm not a parrot.
Also:
I don't really see how I insulted you (assuming that it was in reference to me). Other than saying your opinion was ignorant, and doubting your qualifications, I never really insulted you personally. The "bluff" I stand behind is the 2 year plan; not who you are. The "wall" comment was in part about the internet as it makes evidence harder to show, and in part about how strong opinions tend not to change regardless of evidence. My "hint hint" was proactive defense for the good-ol' "You're to young to know" statement that I have received numerous times in the past; usually by people who don't know what they're talking about.
Furthermore:
Having problems with soldiers is illogical. It's like getting mad at a cashier for the price of food. If a soldier does their job and doesn't sway from orders they're doing their job. It's the person who gives the orders that you have problems with. As a note, I don't count "terrorists" (including the rebels in south America and other terrorist-like workings) as soldiers.
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How does what I'm saying relate to Osama?
His death just means more hatred. The intelligence that was gained from killing him is great news, however.
Thus, like everything, it's a double blade; both good and bad.
