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And when you have 100 enemies, kill 20 of them and 100 innocent civilians...you end up with 200 enemies.
Worse, at some point we end up with dead Americans, all to try to make things better for the people of the ME. It's not worth it.
It's impossible. The Saudis are backing ISIS (AL Qaeda et al) to overthrow Shia regimes. If we actually go after ISIS we are in effect taking the Shia side which includes Iran, Assad, and Hesbollah.
No, I doubt it is possible to "destroy" ISIS any more than it is possible to "defeat" terrorism. You can degrade it, keep killing their leaders, and try to delegitimise it and it's tactics. In the e d though it is like try to win a "war on crime." It is impossible to ever end it forever.
Take out their armor and heavy weapons and the Pesh Murga (and hopefully the Iraqi Army...) can handle them.
Back when I was working with the Peshmerga I found they had a good will to fight, a strong "warrior" tradition, and they were far more moderate than other middle eastern ethnic groups. That said their training was of the backyard "my grandfather told me" sort while there weapons and equipment were not great. That was in 2004 so maybe the training and equipment t has gotten better now.
Or will this be some zombie group that keeps sprouting different factions all over the middle east, no matter how much we bomb them?
Only with boots on the ground, otherwise we are only going to arm them.
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Originally Posted by Think4Yourself
Back when I was working with the Peshmerga I found they had a good will to fight, a strong "warrior" tradition, and they were far more moderate than other middle eastern ethnic groups. That said their training was of the backyard "my grandfather told me" sort while there weapons and equipment were not great. That was in 2004 so maybe the training and equipment t has gotten better now.
They are the only people I would trust over there. They have a strong will to be free, or die... like us. Also they love the west, which we should take advantage of with our loyalties.
Back when I was working with the Peshmerga I found they had a good will to fight, a strong "warrior" tradition, and they were far more moderate than other middle eastern ethnic groups. That said their training was of the backyard "my grandfather told me" sort while there weapons and equipment were not great. That was in 2004 so maybe the training and equipment t has gotten better now.
That they have had a homeland in areas claimed by Iran, Turkey and Iraq and countless other powers since the time of Saladin is plenty proof of their will and ability to fight. If only the ME had more Barzanis.
We will not, but hopefully we should damage them. I would feel alot more confident if Obama was not our president. There will ALWAYS be some looney tunes muslim group in the Middle East. We are powerless to stop ALL of them. Only when Christ returns will this nonsense stop.
But for some reason we sure do have the power to create them!!!!
Is there a due date for the return of Christ so that I can mark it on my calendar??
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