Remember when Al Qaeda was just a few dozen guys in camps in northern Afghanistan? The bigger the stick we use to sweep the whole table instead of just poking the real bad guys in the eyes, we just create more, just like kicking all those Sunni and Baathists out of Iraq, who are now the backbone and apparent brains, of ISIL.
Michael wme: Be careful. That last suggestion is likely to be taken up as Holy Writ, and repeated ad infinitum on Hyena News and on the Sunday Neocon talk shows by the usual idiots.
History is full of failed would be empires intent on world domination. They all eventually fail for various reasons of excess ambition and over-reach. The question now might be who fails next at world domination – the Islamists (if in fact their goal is world domination) or the Americans.
With no central leadership or authority, in Islam ANY brigand can stand up and declare “I am the defender of the faith!”, and quickly attract a band of zealous followers. This is what we are seeing now. More will spring up.
Going back to the oldest of “bible hero” stories; the Hebrews were the ones kiling everyone and seeking to rule their “whole world”, as known at the time.
Christians saw the conversion of Rome as a sign that THEY were supposed to rule the world, and that had a tad to do with the Crusades.
Currrent radical Islamists are nuts, but are behaving a few centuries late, exactly as their earlier counterparts in Judaism and Christianity milked that teat of “milk of human kindness”.
In our civilized manner, the drone, tomahawk missile, and hellfire are just our less descriminate versions of a knife to the throat, but thankfully, no innocent civilians are ever harmed. (carry on michael)
Perhaps part of the reason that ISIS took the President off-guard is the fact that he has attended less than half of his daily security briefings:-http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/30/report-semi-retired-president-has-skipped-more-than-half-of-his-daily-security-briefings-this-year/
he still can’t take responsibility for his failures. little o was warned about isis for years and did nothing. Now, as is typical for him, he blames everyone else. Pathetic.
“Islam has 1400 years worth of history at trying to dominate the world.”Yeah, it’s almost as bad as the complete and total subjugation of just about every native culture of the Western Hemisphere encountered by God fearing Christians.
According to conservatives, 20,000 fanatics armed with scavenged weaponry have the US quivering at the knees. Not long ago, many of those same conservatives were demanding that Obama arm the Syrian rebels. Obama had enough of a grasp on the situation to realize that it would be impossible to make sure those weapons wouldn’t wind up in the hands of groups like ISIS or al-Nusra.ISIS is fighting a war on 3 fronts: Syria, Kurdistan & Iraq. ISIS has been checked on every front other than Syria at this point. They have been pushed back from by the Kurds. Bagdad has never been seriously threatened by ISIS. They simply don’t have the manpower to hold gains in Shia majority areas.Pushing ISIS out of Mosul will be harder & will requires someone to field troops on the ground. Perhaps someone can explain why Mosul is so critical to American interests that we should send troops if ISIS’ neighbors are unwilling to undergo the fight. Pushing ISIS & the other extremists out of Syria will be impossible until some semblance of consensus rises among the Syrians themselves to put a halt to their violence. It’s not a job for an occupier.ISIS has staked their reputation on actually maintaining some semblance of a state. It’s in their name: the Islamic State. If they are pushed out of major population centers, they can’t fade into remote areas as Al-Qaeda has done repeatedly, without losing most of their credibility among disaffected Sunnis.1400 years of Muslim history are filled with local warlords who declare themselves Caliphs. Most Caliphates were nearly as vicious as the average Hollywood marriage, with a shorter lifespan.Defeating ISIS is just a footnote in the lengthy job of combatting terrorism. Other groups as capable of carrying out violent attacks in the US, let alone Europe, Asia & Africa. Most of the people bashing Obama for not doing anything about ISIS when they were just another faction in the Syrian civil war, would do better to question what Obama is doing about those other groups.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Remember when Al Qaeda was just a few dozen guys in camps in northern Afghanistan? The bigger the stick we use to sweep the whole table instead of just poking the real bad guys in the eyes, we just create more, just like kicking all those Sunni and Baathists out of Iraq, who are now the backbone and apparent brains, of ISIL.
Cerabooge over 9 years ago
Michael wme: Be careful. That last suggestion is likely to be taken up as Holy Writ, and repeated ad infinitum on Hyena News and on the Sunday Neocon talk shows by the usual idiots.
Gypsy8 over 9 years ago
History is full of failed would be empires intent on world domination. They all eventually fail for various reasons of excess ambition and over-reach. The question now might be who fails next at world domination – the Islamists (if in fact their goal is world domination) or the Americans.
moosemin over 9 years ago
With no central leadership or authority, in Islam ANY brigand can stand up and declare “I am the defender of the faith!”, and quickly attract a band of zealous followers. This is what we are seeing now. More will spring up.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Going back to the oldest of “bible hero” stories; the Hebrews were the ones kiling everyone and seeking to rule their “whole world”, as known at the time.
Christians saw the conversion of Rome as a sign that THEY were supposed to rule the world, and that had a tad to do with the Crusades.
Currrent radical Islamists are nuts, but are behaving a few centuries late, exactly as their earlier counterparts in Judaism and Christianity milked that teat of “milk of human kindness”.
In our civilized manner, the drone, tomahawk missile, and hellfire are just our less descriminate versions of a knife to the throat, but thankfully, no innocent civilians are ever harmed. (carry on michael)
TripleAxel over 9 years ago
Perhaps part of the reason that ISIS took the President off-guard is the fact that he has attended less than half of his daily security briefings:-http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/30/report-semi-retired-president-has-skipped-more-than-half-of-his-daily-security-briefings-this-year/
oneoldhat over 9 years ago
dear old 1953 I found an anti violence site here in my city // they are against violence to isil
sw10mm over 9 years ago
he still can’t take responsibility for his failures. little o was warned about isis for years and did nothing. Now, as is typical for him, he blames everyone else. Pathetic.
louieglutz over 9 years ago
i think mac & harry’s set to was more about korea than japan.
Jason Allen over 9 years ago
“Islam has 1400 years worth of history at trying to dominate the world.”Yeah, it’s almost as bad as the complete and total subjugation of just about every native culture of the Western Hemisphere encountered by God fearing Christians.
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 9 years ago
According to conservatives, 20,000 fanatics armed with scavenged weaponry have the US quivering at the knees. Not long ago, many of those same conservatives were demanding that Obama arm the Syrian rebels. Obama had enough of a grasp on the situation to realize that it would be impossible to make sure those weapons wouldn’t wind up in the hands of groups like ISIS or al-Nusra.ISIS is fighting a war on 3 fronts: Syria, Kurdistan & Iraq. ISIS has been checked on every front other than Syria at this point. They have been pushed back from by the Kurds. Bagdad has never been seriously threatened by ISIS. They simply don’t have the manpower to hold gains in Shia majority areas.Pushing ISIS out of Mosul will be harder & will requires someone to field troops on the ground. Perhaps someone can explain why Mosul is so critical to American interests that we should send troops if ISIS’ neighbors are unwilling to undergo the fight. Pushing ISIS & the other extremists out of Syria will be impossible until some semblance of consensus rises among the Syrians themselves to put a halt to their violence. It’s not a job for an occupier.ISIS has staked their reputation on actually maintaining some semblance of a state. It’s in their name: the Islamic State. If they are pushed out of major population centers, they can’t fade into remote areas as Al-Qaeda has done repeatedly, without losing most of their credibility among disaffected Sunnis.1400 years of Muslim history are filled with local warlords who declare themselves Caliphs. Most Caliphates were nearly as vicious as the average Hollywood marriage, with a shorter lifespan.Defeating ISIS is just a footnote in the lengthy job of combatting terrorism. Other groups as capable of carrying out violent attacks in the US, let alone Europe, Asia & Africa. Most of the people bashing Obama for not doing anything about ISIS when they were just another faction in the Syrian civil war, would do better to question what Obama is doing about those other groups.