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America carried out raids on ISIS in Syria yesterday with the consent of the following States: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Quatar and the United Arab Emirates all of which are Sunni Muslims, the same sect as ISIS.
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You may be right Virge, but the raid could also be construed as a way to make these guys unhappy by ruining their facilities.
Now I am not being critical by asking this, but what, if anything, do you think should have been done?
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At the last moment I changed the wording from 'miserable' to 'unhappy.' Might should have left it be.
The all out approach has its appeal, though it may not have been diplomatically possible. such is the dilemma of dealing with such idiots. I leave the antecedent undefined with intent.
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And you don't think the fact that they made an attack at all was significant?
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After much reading --- NO. It's all a political game.
The decision to launch missiles and make bombing runs in the middle of the night was not a military strategy but a political one. It was done at the time there would be the least ISIS insurgents killed to appease the "allies" Londoner listed.
Other factors to take into consideration.
** It's only been a little over 72 hours since the State Department stopped trying to convince everyone that this is not a war and finally admitted that it is one. A political game of words.
** Today at the UN the president attempt to make a moral equivalency between the shooting of a single black man in Ferguson Missouri to ISIS, a ruthless organization that beheads people simply for spectacle. Another political game.
** After more than three months of insisting no US troops would be put on the ground in Syria or Iraq, the State Department and the President have started saying there will be US advisors on the ground. I can tell you from experience, this will prove to be another lie. Within 4 months troops will be sent. Another political game.
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By an overwhelming vote the UK Parliament has voted support for UK airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is holding open the possibility of airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.
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