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Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts)
138. Wow... "needs to be pressured to behave"
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 04:07 PM
Feb 2015

not too paternal, Grumpy.

Actually I think ISIS "needs to be pressured to behave".

The problem is that we felt much the same way for years about the Taliban. potone Feb 2015 #1
It will take all of... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #13
We didn't even TRY in Afghanistan, remember? MH1 Feb 2015 #21
Trying is where we screwed up in Iraq JonLP24 Feb 2015 #124
Cut off ISIS' supply of money from KSA and GCC elites. We know who the funders are - just do it. leveymg Feb 2015 #2
I agree ...You can cut off the funds and it wont stop the killings. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #4
ISIS wouldn't last a month without constant financing from Jeddah and Doha. leveymg Feb 2015 #8
We broke it and made a safe haven for them glasshouses Feb 2015 #3
Air support for the Kurds & Iraqis seems to be working tabasco Feb 2015 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #6
The PKK has apparently decisively defeated ISIS in Kobani. But we can't help them because, um, KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #7
What, exactly, are you talking about? tabasco Feb 2015 #83
The PKK is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistani). While I don't have any links KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #110
Roosevelt knew we needed to go against the Nazi's long before the American people could be jwirr Feb 2015 #9
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.....very good. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #10
Reminds me of that PNAC document CJCRANE Feb 2015 #14
I know that there are many who believe that regarding 9/11. And to be fair FDR was accused of jwirr Feb 2015 #16
CJ...How does the world stop ISIS ? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #17
No response ? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #42
We'll find out soon enough CJCRANE Feb 2015 #44
So you can envision a scenario where you would support the use of US ground troops? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #47
If they release the rest of the 9/11 report and the Iraq Inquiry report soon CJCRANE Feb 2015 #48
I wanted to know whether YOU would support the use of US troops. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #50
I don't support the use of US or foreign troops in the region. nt CJCRANE Feb 2015 #51
Thank you. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #53
+100 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #33
It's was Hitler's declaring war on the U.S. that actively involved the country in Europe Lurks Often Feb 2015 #20
I don't blame him for this since he had no idea in 1945 JonLP24 Feb 2015 #127
Do something? 99Forever Feb 2015 #11
******** Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #12
ok then what? qazplm Feb 2015 #15
Apply, lather, rinse, repeat.. 99Forever Feb 2015 #18
99...Take a stand. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #26
We get the fuck out of other nations business... 99Forever Feb 2015 #111
Saudi Arabia, Burma, North Korea, JonLP24 Feb 2015 #125
ISIS was just forced to abandon a city (I forget which one) because of the bombing campaign. randome Feb 2015 #28
A guerilla group just kicked them out of northern iraq. It's not like they're some magic invincible ND-Dem Feb 2015 #34
They think they are. Bomb them with cubicles and they'll come around! randome Feb 2015 #54
as i said: guerillas just kicked them out of iraq. somehow their fearsome invincibleness did not ND-Dem Feb 2015 #67
Everybody LiberalElite Feb 2015 #19
Thats what i was getting at . Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #24
I really don't like IS. And think there's little we should do about it directly. Igel Feb 2015 #22
Choices: AngryAmish Feb 2015 #23
Air, fuel Munitions H. Cromwell Feb 2015 #25
Yours is the first tactical military response. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #27
Let Kurdish communist separatists deal with it. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #36
Another ******** Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #39
***** yourself. if you can't rebut the argument, why resort to disguised name-calling? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #41
Using military force WILL NOT defeat ISIS. They'll just morph into another terrorist group BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #37
Not enough discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2015 #45
Cut off their funds by freezing their bank accounts. You don't think ISIS is caring millions of BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #29
Sounds wonderful. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #30
Yeah. History on war itself. eom BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #35
But then we miss out on the righteous bloodshed as we smite the wicked. Boring Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #64
Historical proof of what JonLP24 Feb 2015 #128
I'm not an ISIS propaganda expert JonLP24 Feb 2015 #129
Under principle of ' Never Again' need international military force on point Feb 2015 #31
This can be largely a local affair. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #32
Grumpy... I was waiting for you. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #40
The goal is not to throw Turkey out of NATO, but to change it's behavior. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #120
That is because they don't like Assad JonLP24 Feb 2015 #131
Wow... "needs to be pressured to behave" Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #138
+1000. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #76
Yet another existential threat to humanity? guillaumeb Feb 2015 #38
And I think that is the problem with those trying to say our best response is "Stay out of it" stevenleser Feb 2015 #58
world cop guillaumeb Feb 2015 #60
Your rhetoric is not an answer to the question posed by the OP. Try again. nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #63
Au contraire guillaumeb Feb 2015 #80
Nope. The answer to what to do about ISIS is not "America bad" stevenleser Feb 2015 #85
ignore the point 101 guillaumeb Feb 2015 #86
You have no point that addresses the question of the OP. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #97
Actually, yes. They did answer the question. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #89
No, they didn't. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #96
Off the top rope for the win with one simple word... "blowback." Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #88
thanks guillaumeb Feb 2015 #94
The cave man thinking on this thread amounts to "Enough gasoline will put out that fire." Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #99
Nope, that is not an answer to the OP, or alternate suggestion to mine. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #95
You mean your "bomb our way out of this problem we bombed our way into" was serious? Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #100
choices guillaumeb Feb 2015 #115
No, it means that person has to come up with an idea of some sort, they didn't. nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #117
re: "So what do you want to do about it?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2015 #43
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #46
start a REAL war....or not, decision needed quadrature Feb 2015 #49
You don't have any tough choice to make at all. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #90
Not much. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #52
Great honest answer. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #55
I wish I had a better one. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #66
Mexican Drug Cartels Astrad Feb 2015 #56
+100. It's interesting to see who's for US intervention. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #70
Have Congress issue Letters Marque and Reprisal authorizing Zetas to eliminate Daesh AngryAmish Feb 2015 #81
My ideas would violate the Geneva Convention I suspect Generic Brad Feb 2015 #57
Porn, drugs, booze and video games. Just air drop that shit on top of them all the time. Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #59
amen guillaumeb Feb 2015 #65
Step 1: stop funding the problem Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #61
+100 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #68
One critical flaw in the logic of your post... crusades are awesome! Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #72
they should be taken out militarily asap. samsingh Feb 2015 #62
Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, declare we need protection, give more money to the MIC. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #69
I could take Rhinodawg's posts about ISIS more seriously if he wasn't also running around here alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #71
Green energy. Remove the impetus for the western energy industry to be there. Marr Feb 2015 #73
Great answer. I agree. nt CJCRANE Feb 2015 #105
Want? Send Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, & Co. moondust Feb 2015 #74
They wouldn't know how to clean up GP6971 Feb 2015 #77
I think it's worth a try. n/t moondust Feb 2015 #78
Scott Walker agrees that we "should do something". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #75
Deal with the source of the ISIS problem. Take three steps back in international actions since 9/11 kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #79
Obama's military has been smart so far Warpy Feb 2015 #82
You're like their publicist whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #84
Terrorists, your game is through cause now you have ta answer to America, Fuck yeah! So lick my butt Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #87
I think we should fuck some more shit up. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #91
Thing about the middle east, dig that hole deep enough you'll hit oil someday right? Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #103
Now hear me out, The US Gov puts a bounty, dead or alive, of $500 a head on ISIS ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #92
you want shit blown up and people killed KG Feb 2015 #93
Not people, brown people big difference. Brown people we want to kill are savages and savages Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #101
You aren't defending ISIS, are you? WinkyDink Feb 2015 #102
If that is what you are reading you have a serious reading comprehension issue. Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #104
Is it OK if we support the Kurds in their efforts to get fucking ISIS out of Kurdistan? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #119
This message was self-deleted by its author Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #121
well, like we did after WWII in Japan .... which went from dictatorship to democracy. kwassa Feb 2015 #98
Because the Islamic State continues to expand the battlefield by directing its followers Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #106
Yes, ISIS = Nazi Germany whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #107
We should get the hell out of the ME! napi21 Feb 2015 #108
Air support of reliable friendlies on the ground. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #109
Stop being a crutch for regional powers, get out of dodge making in clear to the local TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #112
Really ? I guess I'll just say... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #113
Whatever is done, it must be a united world wide effort pathansen Feb 2015 #114
I'm not sure that will happen. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #116
They've stepped out on civilization. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #118
Number two is why ISIS is there JonLP24 Feb 2015 #126
You forgot a few options. Their social media policy shows some vunherabilities... Violet_Crumble Feb 2015 #122
Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS JonLP24 Feb 2015 #123
Get the hell out of the Middle East! Chemisse Feb 2015 #130
I prefer containment. Vattel Feb 2015 #132
"Everybody" makes your statement wrong. LWolf Feb 2015 #133
Well, I guess i meant "the vast majority of people here". Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #135
That's why LWolf Feb 2015 #140
I've always felt not flooding the region with money and weapons would be a good start. raouldukelives Feb 2015 #134
Execute a prisoner of theirs every time they kill a civilian. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #136
Thank you for your honest response. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #137
I imagine a lot of people don't pretend to have absolute answers... LanternWaste Feb 2015 #139
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