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ISIS: Is a localized threat right now (Original Post) Legalequilibrium78 Sep 2014 OP
'Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark thinks airstrikes are "part of" a successful strategy elleng Sep 2014 #1
Thanks for posting tazkcmo Sep 2014 #2
Smedley Butler says War is a Racket to make money for war profiteers J_J_ Sep 2014 #3

elleng

(141,926 posts)
1. 'Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark thinks airstrikes are "part of" a successful strategy
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 03:55 PM
Sep 2014

to disarming terrorist group ISIS.'

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
2. Thanks for posting
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 03:55 PM
Sep 2014

I agree with Clark. It's not our fight (yet), it's local (for now) and instead of leading the fight with ground troops we should continue supporting the regional groups with air strikes, equipment and supplies and let them defeat ISIS/ISIL/Name de jour (hopefully).

As for Putin, he's almost as crazy as those extremists!

 

J_J_

(1,213 posts)
3. Smedley Butler says War is a Racket to make money for war profiteers
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 04:13 PM
Sep 2014

Will the companies involved in the military industrial complex be willing to take the same salary as a grunt until the war is over as Smedly Butler suggests?


Until there is absolutely no one going to make a profit on this...only then can we trust this is really about self defense.


Let's see how patriotic they really are.

Let's see the 1%ers offer up to give up the money they plan to make and see if the war is really necessary.
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