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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
In any case you can't stop religious fanatics by killing them.
That didn't work for the Romans or anyone who's tried it before or since and it's not going to work for us. All we're going to accomplish by bombing is teach another generation to hate us, and the only alternative available to them is the towel head fanatics. So if you are an arms dealer or a military contractor it's a great move, business now and more business in the future.
I don't know what the solution is but we have been bombing Iraq for what, 25 years now? I think there is enough data to show it's not constructive.
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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
Maybe isolate them economically and let them Jihad each other to the last man woman and child, then maybe make it a new homeland for Palestinians, solve that Israel bullshit once and for all. I dunno, just anything different than what we've been doing, even doing nothing at all could be more effective.
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The only way that region of the world works is via the hand of an iron fisted dictator. Not one the US puts in, but a real one that the people respect and fear.
Leave them alone and let these guys rise into power, then leave them alone to do whatever it is they are going to do over there. It is beyond anything the western world can change anyway. Some people were just meant to be ruled, because they can't function otherwise.