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U.S. 'reasonably certain' that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in s

zyzygy said:
Good news if true.
U.S. 'reasonably certain' that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike | Reuters
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Taking "months" of preparation, several drones, two nation's efforts and untold millions to blow up a single car is hardly something to brag about. It is much better than the effort required to get UBL but, as the article notes, will likely have no significant effect on ISIS. How many times have we read of taking out "high level" terrorists only to read that they were quickly replaced and pulled off another terrorist strike?

Emwazi was not a significant tactical or operational figure in the militant group.
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One carload of ISIS fighters down, thousands to go - we have them "contained" for sure.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Taking "months" of preparation, several drones, two nation's efforts and untold millions to blow up a single car is hardly something to brag about. It is a tad better than the effort required to get UBL but, as the article notes, will likely have no significant effect on ISIS. How many times have we read of taking out "high level" terrorists only to read that they were quickly replaced?
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One carload of ISIS fighters down, thousands to go - we have them "contained" for sure.
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Certainly smarter than deciding to use it as an opportunity to go bomb Iran.
 
disneydude said:
Certainly smarter than deciding to use it as an opportunity to go bomb Iran.
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Absolutely, since Jihadi John posed a far greater threat to the US and Israel than, the nation of 80 million, Iran does. ;)
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Absolutely, since Jihadi John posed a far greater threat to the US and Israel than, the nation of 80 million, Iran does. ;)
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I'm not surprised that you completely missed the point. You probably also supported using 9/11 as justification for attacking Iraq....am I right?
 
Re: U.S. 'reasonably certain' that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed

Bodhisattva said:
That nick name will go down as one of the classics...
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That name is great PR, eh? Almost like Ronda Rousey or Joe The Plumber. ;)
 
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disneydude said:
I'm not surprised that you completely missed the point. You probably also supported using 9/11 as justification for attacking Iraq....am I right?
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With terms like "use it" and comparing individuals to nations makes "the point" harder to grasp. My assumption was that "use it" was use of military action to remove a terrorist threat. If you had a different idea of what "use it" meant then perhaps you should have stated your point more clearly.
 
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Henry David said:
That name is great PR, eh? Almost like Ronda Rousey or Joe The Plumber. ;)
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I always thought that The Night Stalker had a cool ring to it... that guy is dead too, I think.
 
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