The Battle of Algiers 1966, 2003, 2007 responses

I read a New York Times article from September 3rd 2003, about the movie “The Battle of Algiers.” I also watched the NBC Nightly News report from, December 11 2007, about two bombings in Algeria. The New York Times brought up the question of how ethical torture is when fighting terrorism, and how do you fight against a foe that uses guerilla warfare tactics? The Times did not condemn the practice. In fact they said that what the French did in Algeria was not as bad as what the Front Liberation Nationale (FLN) did to interrogate people. The way the French took out the FLN was by getting the names of people in the organization and then arresting them and getting more names from the new arrestees. They got the names by "enhanced" interrogating suspects, the Algerians. Nowadays, marine biologists can tag sharks. I think tagging could also track a terrorist (It might be possible to literally tag a suspect with out them knowing, but I mostly mean in a metaphoric sense). Steak-out teams could get the names of everyone the suspect knows. The second question: how do you stop guerilla warfare? That is easy. Total war, is the solution. In total war, soldiers are ordered burn or kill everything. The terrorists used “camouflage” to look like civilians. This would not work if the terrorists knew their home city would be firebombed until all the sand literally (and this is not just another over use of the word “literally”) turned to glass. It is the most primitive and simple way to fight. Nobody should take pleasure in it, but we should not be above it. I think only people who: are terrorists, hunt terrorists or are combat vets, should have their opinion on the topic of war taken seriously. If you disagree with my opinion, then that is something we have in common. I have no experience so I am not qualified to give a valid opinion.