Tom Evslin posts "Weakness Invites Attack" on his excellent blog, Fractals of Change

I couldn't agree more. I believe a corollary to his post is that wars are won and real change occurs when the enemy is utterly and undeniably defeated. Our ability to fight precision warfare without exposing the enemies' inability to protect any of its population is, ironically, a sign of weakness. We cannot afford to show many more such signs to such dementent leaders as Kim Jong-Il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.