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4. Not absolutely sure, but my opinion is rooted in our recent history in the ME

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 09:38 AM

Sep 2014

It's been a dismal failure and has led to great destruction and has further destabilized the region. This seems to be a campaign that follows the playbook in Libya and to some extent in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are, by dint of necessity, partnering with countries and people that are, to put it mildly, not reliable or savory allies. Massive bombing seems to have grown the ideology of radical violence rooted in religion and increased the rifts between Sunni and Shia. And even if we do functionally destroy ISIS, what arises out of that vacuum?

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How sure are you of your position re: US taking action against ISIS/ISIL? [View all] el_bryanto Sep 2014 OP

Answering violence with violence Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #1

Is that philosophy always applicable in your opinion, or is it more specific to this situation? nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #3

I don't know about his opinion, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #10

atleaat it isn't a holy war Skink Sep 2014 #2

Not absolutely sure, but my opinion is rooted in our recent history in the ME cali Sep 2014 #4

I tend to agree. Vattel Sep 2014 #9

We need to stop creating our own problems CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5

After all the lies the government and media have told the American public on order to get Zorra Sep 2014 #6

Unintended consequences and all that... pipi_k Sep 2014 #7

Mine essentially matches this... Triana Sep 2014 #8

I don't know how anyone can have certainty given such a complex geek tragedy Sep 2014 #11

My position has not changed in 14 years. I held that postition when Bush was Autumn Sep 2014 #12

That's understandable nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #13

Too many variables. moondust Sep 2014 #14