English,
The war we fight is not like the one England has had to fight with the Irish. I'm sorry the British approach with the IRA and the Unionists has failed so horribly, hopefully the new approach will work better. The IRA and the unionists are tough foes, then again neither of those groups are much on suicide bombings, etc. What we face with OBL and this group of terrorists are folks who if they can get their hands on a nuke, would not hesitate to use it.
Will there be bomb strikes and TV coverage, yes. Will there be civilian casualties, yes. However, the majority of this war will be intelligence gathering and Special Ops. I don't foresee indiscriminate bombing, which would only hurt our cause.
What will suceed is trying to improve the lot of the people from which these terrorists are recruited, and neutralizing or eliminating the likes of OBL.
Just my humble opinion.
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]