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GliderGuider

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3. You can't destroy an idea through warfare.

Reply to morningfog (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 12:29 PM

Sep 2014

Ireland, Korea, Vietnam, Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rhodesia, Namibia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria...

In each case, attacking an idea with military force simply strengthened it, and in some cases dispersed it to wider regions.

ISIS is the same kind of tar baby. But General Dynamics shareholders love the idea...

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What Does "Destroying" ISIS Really Mean? [View all] morningfog Sep 2014 OP

It means he can talk as tough as any repub. KG Sep 2014 #1

it means the mic is about to feed leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #2

You can't destroy an idea through warfare. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #3

We're already quietly bringing in more troops gratuitous Sep 2014 #4

I don't know but when we do finally CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5

Kill them all! Cleita Sep 2014 #6

It means someone is unfamiliar with the metaphor of the Lernaean Hydra. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #7

Couldn't get rid of Al Qaeda so why do they think they can get rid of ISIS? SummerSnow Sep 2014 #8

It means using IS as a pretext for an American war on Syria Scootaloo Sep 2014 #9

IMHO, the goal should be destroying their ability to operate as a traditional military force. stevenleser Sep 2014 #10