The lunatics that send these soldiers would not hesitate for a second to do what I suggest and worse. So again its real easy for you to tell me how stupid my position is. Lets here your solution since you have such a good understanding of the world.
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Unbelievable attack in Paris..
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I lived a large part of my life in France and my heart goes out to all my friends and acquaintances in France. Killing innocent lives and terrorism has no place in this world, no matter what beliefs one has. God bless. :~(
We are indeed living in dangerous times. I tend to keep away from places that have large crowds. Where it is a mix-up of all kinds of people. The perfect venue for bad guys to attack. The bad guys are all around us. It is a mindset being a terrorist. So you can never tell. So looking around wont give you a hint of anything. That nice lady looking pregnant might just be ready to avenge her brothers death. Who knows ??? We have to be vigilant and trust our senses. If it does not 'feel' right, don't go. Stay home and have a beer in your couch. Stay safe.
Those who attack civillians are cowards...they were probably brain washed by some lunatics that teached them that it is right to kill for innocent people for the crimes comited in their own country.
lets have a tought for the victims and their famillies...
lets have a tought for the victims and their famillies...
Another tragic event and so sorry for the French people to experience this. I'm sure it will be confirmed at some point ISIS or some other Islamic group is involved and the sad thing is that they are tagged to Islam when in fact all of these groups are nothing more than common criminals. Faith is something they hide behind while they are financed by wealthy patrons that enjoy the luxuries and freedoms of the countries and peoples they attack. Wish the media would stop labeling them Islamic terrorists because they don't represent Muslims. They are simply terrorists and scum of the earth. If there was a way to annihilate these ******* without hurting the innocent I'd be all for it.
Spoken like a king.
My heart to the families who lost loved ones. Shame on those cowards, shame on them
My heart to the families who lost loved ones. Shame on those cowards, shame on them
They are not cowards, they are very brave bad guys who will do anything to further their cause. Our own soldiers overseas fear them. ..........you have not talked to soldiers personally. A suicide attack is their worst nightmare. It is evil, plain and simple. The devil lurks in funny ways. You have got to be very, very brave, and with no hesitation to go after these bad guys. You don't blink when you squeeze the trigger. ................... Oh by the way for you CONUS guys and some overseas members here, you could tune on this live stream news channel on the latest minute by minute stuff : http://www.cbsnews.com/live/?ftag=CNMe94798
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Oh FFS! Two wrongs do not make a right!
Apart from the fact it's just plain wrong to do what you suggest do you honestly think it would stop them? All it would achieve is to ensure that the entire region has good reason to see the West wiped off the face of the earth. The righteous (and for that matter rightful) indignation and horror that would grip every citizen in the ME would see them rising up and marching like a crusade to destroy the West.The support base other militant groups would increase by a magnitude of 10 thousand. Those who see ISIS as barbarians would see us as even worse. Legitimate nations such as the Arab conglomerate would turn against us. Iran would more than likely use it as an excuse to nuke Israel and it would be on.
I don't know the solution but I do know yours is not it. No war is harder to fight than a guerrilla war as I well know, I've seen my fair share of 'em. Vigilance is the first line of defence but if proper cell based tactics are used it is very hard to catch the tiny whispers that portend to this sort of event. This one probably should have been caught as it's big, to big to be a single cell so there must have been noise. Either they are getting better at communicating covertly or someone really stuffed up. The only real way to prevent these events is to catch them in the planning stage and that obviously did not happen here.
Intelligence is the key, looking, listening and interpreting events and comms. Get eyes and ears on the ground both at home and in theatre. Back moderates who oppose fundamentalism both at home and abroad. At home back them to educate youth, back then in removing radical elements from mosques and positions of power in ethnic orgs. Assist them in running a media campaign to equal the excellent job the ISIS in doing on line and in person to convince vulnerable people that they should fight for "the cause". Give them a new cause, one that won't get them or anyone else killed.
One thing tho, once that fight is lost and they try to leave for the war zone don't stop 'em, let the fools go and get killed just don't let them back in again. Keeping them here just makes 'em mad and ready/willing to do battle in their own country instead. Almost without fail people who have either been caught planning or executed terror attacks in western countries have been refused exit from said country to go to the war zone and fight. Let them go die in the sand not in my local cafe or theatre.
The same goes for locals who wish to go fight against ISIS. If they feel that strongly then let them go but allow them home again when they wish assuming they manage to live that long.
Back the moderates fighting them in the war zone. Arm them, train them, support them from the air if needs be.
Yeah I know, that didn't quite work out for the best in Afghanistan but it should have been bleedingly obvious that supporting the Taliban was a dumb move. Even then there was nothing moderate about them, it was simply a ploy to give the Ruskies their own Vietnam and it backfired badly. One would hope by now that the powers than be can do a better job of choosing who to support and face it, everyone is a better proposition than these madmen. We are talking about a group that was rejected by al-Qaeda as being too radical.
And that is all we can do. You can't carpet bomb cities, you just can't. You can't put troops in on the ground, it would have the same effect (being seen as an invasion by the locals) and the public doesn't have the stomach for it anyway.
Look, listen, watch (and then act), educate at home and provide as much assistance as possible to those doing the hard yards on the ground in the sandbox. That's what we can do.
Apart from the fact it's just plain wrong to do what you suggest do you honestly think it would stop them? All it would achieve is to ensure that the entire region has good reason to see the West wiped off the face of the earth. The righteous (and for that matter rightful) indignation and horror that would grip every citizen in the ME would see them rising up and marching like a crusade to destroy the West.The support base other militant groups would increase by a magnitude of 10 thousand. Those who see ISIS as barbarians would see us as even worse. Legitimate nations such as the Arab conglomerate would turn against us. Iran would more than likely use it as an excuse to nuke Israel and it would be on.
I don't know the solution but I do know yours is not it. No war is harder to fight than a guerrilla war as I well know, I've seen my fair share of 'em. Vigilance is the first line of defence but if proper cell based tactics are used it is very hard to catch the tiny whispers that portend to this sort of event. This one probably should have been caught as it's big, to big to be a single cell so there must have been noise. Either they are getting better at communicating covertly or someone really stuffed up. The only real way to prevent these events is to catch them in the planning stage and that obviously did not happen here.
Intelligence is the key, looking, listening and interpreting events and comms. Get eyes and ears on the ground both at home and in theatre. Back moderates who oppose fundamentalism both at home and abroad. At home back them to educate youth, back then in removing radical elements from mosques and positions of power in ethnic orgs. Assist them in running a media campaign to equal the excellent job the ISIS in doing on line and in person to convince vulnerable people that they should fight for "the cause". Give them a new cause, one that won't get them or anyone else killed.
One thing tho, once that fight is lost and they try to leave for the war zone don't stop 'em, let the fools go and get killed just don't let them back in again. Keeping them here just makes 'em mad and ready/willing to do battle in their own country instead. Almost without fail people who have either been caught planning or executed terror attacks in western countries have been refused exit from said country to go to the war zone and fight. Let them go die in the sand not in my local cafe or theatre.
The same goes for locals who wish to go fight against ISIS. If they feel that strongly then let them go but allow them home again when they wish assuming they manage to live that long.
Back the moderates fighting them in the war zone. Arm them, train them, support them from the air if needs be.
Yeah I know, that didn't quite work out for the best in Afghanistan but it should have been bleedingly obvious that supporting the Taliban was a dumb move. Even then there was nothing moderate about them, it was simply a ploy to give the Ruskies their own Vietnam and it backfired badly. One would hope by now that the powers than be can do a better job of choosing who to support and face it, everyone is a better proposition than these madmen. We are talking about a group that was rejected by al-Qaeda as being too radical.
And that is all we can do. You can't carpet bomb cities, you just can't. You can't put troops in on the ground, it would have the same effect (being seen as an invasion by the locals) and the public doesn't have the stomach for it anyway.
Look, listen, watch (and then act), educate at home and provide as much assistance as possible to those doing the hard yards on the ground in the sandbox. That's what we can do.
We cant stay inside and drink a beer we have to live as we always have and if the worst happens don't lay down on the floor stand up and fight your going to die anyway. I will die on my feet running toward my enemy. I told my wife tonight dont get down on the floor and cover your head, 118 people dead in a concert in Paris if they had all charged towards the killers maybe a few more people would have lived. I cant stand politicians!
They're a whole lot worse than a "common criminal"
And they're Islamic, and terrorists. They use their "religion" as the reason. Therefore Islamic Terrorists.
I agree with most of what you have said especially if they leave to fight over there they should never be allowed back in, Citizenship lost. I feel bad for Europe because they again are on the front line. Once again Immigration fail. I don't especially like you TB but a lot of what you say is good. I'm afraid though that things are going to get worse before they get better. I also wonder if you have ever been in Africa?
We could easily win and occupy the whole of the middle east all we need is America, Europe, Russia, India and China. Divide the region up and proceed to re educate the population that surrenders and plenty will surrender once they see who is winning. The reason things like this happen is because they believe they can win.
Of course getting us all together would be a miracle.
Being a native New Yorker, I lost 22 friends on 9/11 and 2 past years later from sickness associated with the attacks.
I said back then that a nuclear strike on Afghanistan was the only way we were going to maintain our way of life.
We needed to show the world that this will not be tolerated. Instead, we stuck to our "morals" and failed miserably.
TB, I know what you are saying, but it won't work.
Their biggest weapon is the knowledge that the west will "stick to their morals"
Bad things happen to good people that do nothing. What we are doing is not working.
I said back then that a nuclear strike on Afghanistan was the only way we were going to maintain our way of life.
We needed to show the world that this will not be tolerated. Instead, we stuck to our "morals" and failed miserably.
TB, I know what you are saying, but it won't work.
Their biggest weapon is the knowledge that the west will "stick to their morals"
Bad things happen to good people that do nothing. What we are doing is not working.
It's been a while since I've been on the watch forums- but I have just returned from Northern Iraq doing what I used to do- and back in the field again after years of driving a desk.
In the preceding 13 years, I have had my life saved by Muslims. I have had Muslims take bullets for me. I have worked tirelessly to get Muslims I knew out of Iraq and into the US. I have opened my home to Muslims who emigrated while they got on their feet. I have called Muslims "brother" because they have fought, bled and held the line with me.
As I type this right now there are Muslims holding that same line against the monsters who perpetrated this horrendous act. There are Muslims laying down their lives to protect Christians, Jews (yes there are Iraqi Jews) and Yazidis against the encroachment and violence of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
As I type this right now I worry about the Muslims I called "brother" who I helped relocate here being the victims of violence perpetrated against them by the ignorant and the reactionary.
As I type this right now I seethe with anger that I even have to worry about that happening to men who would be the FIRST to pick up a rifle and stand shoulder to shoulder with us to put the mice (to use the Iraqi term) of Daesh into the ground.
In the preceding 13 years, I have had my life saved by Muslims. I have had Muslims take bullets for me. I have worked tirelessly to get Muslims I knew out of Iraq and into the US. I have opened my home to Muslims who emigrated while they got on their feet. I have called Muslims "brother" because they have fought, bled and held the line with me.
As I type this right now there are Muslims holding that same line against the monsters who perpetrated this horrendous act. There are Muslims laying down their lives to protect Christians, Jews (yes there are Iraqi Jews) and Yazidis against the encroachment and violence of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
As I type this right now I worry about the Muslims I called "brother" who I helped relocate here being the victims of violence perpetrated against them by the ignorant and the reactionary.
As I type this right now I seethe with anger that I even have to worry about that happening to men who would be the FIRST to pick up a rifle and stand shoulder to shoulder with us to put the mice (to use the Iraqi term) of Daesh into the ground.
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The Russians took the raze the whole town approach in Afghanistan. There was no mercy, there were no innocents.
The minute Reagan chased the Russians away those left were even more radicalized.
I have no idea what the solution is, but there are more than a billion Muslims in the world, and killing a whole lot of them unmercifully has never done any more that piss more of them off.
The minute Reagan chased the Russians away those left were even more radicalized.
I have no idea what the solution is, but there are more than a billion Muslims in the world, and killing a whole lot of them unmercifully has never done any more that piss more of them off.
Thought and prayers to all in Paris I sure hope none of our RWI friends in Paris has been affected by this barbaric act.
The Islamic State just pissed off the French royally.
While I make fun of the French as being cheese eating surrender monkeys, the Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion & National Gendarmerie Intervention Group are NOT to be ****** with. They will bring the hate- they are utterly ruthless and merciless killers. They will stack bodies 4 stories high if need be... the RIGHT bodies.
I can also see the French putting the Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre and the Légion Etrangère to work back in the sandbox.
The French also have the balls to kill whoever needs to be killed. All kidding aside- they are scary mofos when they're mad- and they are PISSED. There are going to be a whole lot of Daesh shaped bloodstains from Paris all the way to Mosul.
While I make fun of the French as being cheese eating surrender monkeys, the Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion & National Gendarmerie Intervention Group are NOT to be ****** with. They will bring the hate- they are utterly ruthless and merciless killers. They will stack bodies 4 stories high if need be... the RIGHT bodies.
I can also see the French putting the Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre and the Légion Etrangère to work back in the sandbox.
The French also have the balls to kill whoever needs to be killed. All kidding aside- they are scary mofos when they're mad- and they are PISSED. There are going to be a whole lot of Daesh shaped bloodstains from Paris all the way to Mosul.
These bastards deserve everything that comes their way as a result of their actions!
Unbelievable, just unbelievable!
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Gotta agree with that brother, the gloves are off and the French will not worry about international accords. The revenge will be correctly targeted, swift, surgical and with executed with extreme prejudice.
PS: you are back to your rightful colour. On the house mate you well and truly deserve it.
PS: you are back to your rightful colour. On the house mate you well and truly deserve it.