What to do re: ISIS? How about this? Get our US Military OUT of ME countries, period.

[99th_Monkey]

155. "They (ISIS) don't care if the West is attacking them or not."

Actually I think they do care, they actually WANT to suck US into endless ME military engagements. In fact,
the stated goal of ISIS is to do just that: draw the US and it's allies into a WWIII apocalyptic bloodbath. I
would rather the US not oblige them in this regard.

I do agree that if the US got completely out of the ME, ISIS would still be a threat, at least in the near
future. However, I stand by my belief that continued US military engagement in the region is one of ISIS's
most powerful recruitment tools, because every time an innocent civilian -- a son, daughter, father, mother, etc
of an Islamist -- is killed, maimed or displaced, it engenders a deeper hatred toward the US and lends more
credence to the notion that the US is the "Great Satan". It is like putting more gasoline on the ME fire, and
I would rather not oblige ISIS recruiters in this regard either.

I am fine with arming the Kurds, strategically, to continue their ground war against ISIS. Secondly, I support
using diplomacy to force our ME allies (Turkey, Pakistan, Jordan, Isreal, et. al.) who have huge standing armies
and all the military hardware we've provided them, to put THEIR boots on the ground to rid the ME of the ISIS
scourge.

Bottom line, we probably still disagree about most of this: so be it. I don't expect to convince you of my POV,
or that you'll convince me otherwise, so perhaps this is where we 'agree to disagree' and move on.