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How Long?
A fight with an enemy goes on as long as the enemy wants to fight. Turning the other cheek only works when all the enemy wants is to be left alone. Many enemies are not like that. The islamic terrorists the US is fighting are not like that. If they were, they would have already tried the Gandhi strategy and it would have worked to perfection. Simple non-violence and peaceful protest by Iraqis would have the US out of Iraq pronto. The unattractive truth is that the terrorists are fighting to defeat their local enemies and the US so they can take over territory, become stronger, and impose their will on more and more people. They will continue to do so until they win or are defeated enough to cause them to turn the other cheek.