Am I the only one thinking the best response to the Paris attacks is an intelligence response? [View all]
...and not a military response.
You need to remember that ISIS is using a strategy of trolling.
Trolling through murder.
It's what they did last year when they attacked Charlie Hebdo.
Apparently, that didn't get the response they wanted.
So we get what we had today.
And they'll probably get the response they want - a crackdown, and military strikes in the Middle East...
...which will have collateral damage, and a lot of innocent civilians treated roughly or having to bury loved ones...
...which will cause some of those people to be radicalized and sign up with ISIS or other Islamist extremist groups...
...which is the real goal of ISIS leaders and leaders of other radical terrorist groups - they're murder-trolls using the response to build power.
So my thoughts is that we need more human intelligence. Time to put the CIA to work, along with France's intel agencies, and Russia's. Plant some moles in the Islamist networks. Track down the leaders and power-mongers. And put some polonium in their tea.
And also find their financiers. I think some wealthy arab sheikhs are also going to need some radioactive heavy elements added to their diets...
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