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gotta try life without cable Skink Sep 2014 #1
ISIS is to be taken seriously 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #2
You can take it as seriously as you want. marmar Sep 2014 #3
Yeah, we know our projection of violence in the Middle East creates more terrorists, not fewer. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #4
Likely so! However, regardless as to whether we are aggravated 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #14
Disagree. Our own military sucks so nuch of our counties wealth, that it is destroying us. ISIS is grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #16
Time to win hearts and minds again? Because that's been working since Vietnam? merrily Sep 2014 #28
You bet! PSPS Sep 2014 #6
Their base is actually like the Fortress of Solitude, or the Batcave. Super-terrorists, they are! grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #18
Assume they will. What strategies do we have to stop them? merrily Sep 2014 #32
Of course it's to be taken seriously, sammythecat Sep 2014 #7
Quick -- time to get out the plastic sheeting and duct tape!!!!! magical thyme Sep 2014 #10
So was Al Queda. You are free to take it as seriously as you want. I find the biggest threat to our sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #22
We've got to bomb them over there, to create more terrorists over here. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #5
Yeah, stupid ridiculous warnings like "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #8
+1 Little Star Sep 2014 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2014 #11
Apparently you are in the minority here. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #13
Proof that when really angry, nutsy people say they're going to do something, it's TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #19
Ya don't fight crime with war, duh. Proven 100% in Iraq. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #20
How many terrorists did that war, the war in Afghanistan and our other "adventures" create? merrily Sep 2014 #27
20,000 at least. See ISIS. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #43
Apparently they are best ignored. Has anything been DONE about that crime? Last I heard medals sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #23
Maybe Obama can ignore ISIS long enough to win himself a medal. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #37
Apparently he is trying to resist the drumbeats from the warmongers. I support him on that. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #39
Well, that ship sailed-and sunk. What have we done since then that has worked out for merrily Sep 2014 #35
You're missing the point flamingdem Sep 2014 #12
No, we're arming the Kurds. We've asked other countries to also arm them, TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #17
From what I've read they are not arming them flamingdem Sep 2014 #41
Yes, here: TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #42
The Iraq army is not incompetent, they are complicit. They gave weapons to ISIS, and some have joine grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #21
Huh? You're replying to the OP. The OP was about media, not about Obama arming anyone. merrily Sep 2014 #36
As we speak they're preparing to launch their massive fleet to invade Strawberry Point, Iowa. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #15
And the Shock Doctrine merrily Sep 2014 #38
They're following the textbook propaganda plan: soon they'll kill ISIS #2 Corruption Inc Sep 2014 #24
All bullshit...all the time malaise Sep 2014 #25
Well, Isis might indeed get me. But, I prefer to die one death, not one thousand. merrily Sep 2014 #26
SMH Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #29
Remember merrily Sep 2014 #33
Agreed Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #40
My entire life 62 years sorefeet Sep 2014 #30
And that's not counting $ spent the NSA, the CIA, the FBI and all the others who failed us. merrily Sep 2014 #34
The Voice seveneyes Sep 2014 #31
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