An answer would be nice.

Another day, another recent story of senseless bombings, attacks, and outright cowardice to innocent civilians and soldiers alike in the Middle East. A bombing in Baghdad last week kills 155. Today 100 are dead in Pakistan in a marketplace. The number will surely rise. And October has been the deadliest month in Afghanistan since the start of the war. One thing is surely clear. The people that would do harm to others feel that this is the way to accomplish their goals. But what exactly are those goals?

In Austin Powers, Dr. Evil is easy to figure out. Power and world domination. Same goes with just about all the bad guys in all of the James Bond movies. By the end of each, 007 had it figured out and the bad guys met their maker in some cinematic extravaganza. But Obama is no Bond, just as Bush and Clinton were no Austin Powers. And therein lies the rub. We don't know what the hell these people want and we are no closer to figuring it out. I'm not even sure THEY know what they want either. You could say hatred of all things American, but then why the hell are they killing each other? In the name of religion?

It seems to me the best way to defeat your enemy is to know your enemy, and until we know exactly what makes them tick, all the troops in the world won't make a difference, be it 40,000 or 4,000,000. This enemy is like a hydra. You cut off a head, and it grows back. But in this case, for every head you cut off, 2 grow back. For every terrorist (insurgent) killed, excuse me for not being PC, dozens more are kidnapped (recruited), brainwashed (trained), armed with an AK47 and sent on their merry way.

So what is the answer? Hell, I am just a guy who likes to play guitar and prattle on and on about cheesehead drivers, stupid people, and bad politicians in a blog that 2 people read. What do I know? But I know what isn't the answer. Bombing them back to the stone age, hanging Sadaam Hussein, holding POW's for eternity, it all sounds like sweet revenge. But in the end, we are just throwing wood on the fire. A fire that will continue to burn until we ask why does it burn. And actually get an answer.