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How do you think policymakers should deal with the Islamic State?

Kelfuma

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It is more than obvious that the West is at a stalemate:

We?re Losing the War Against ISIS in Iraq | The National Interest Blog

I propose that they do one of the following:

1) Condemn Turkey for attacking the Kurds (and Turkish nuclear buildup Is Turkey Secretly Working on Nuclear Weapons? | The National Interest) and support the Kurds in establishing Kurdistan to serve as a buffer between Iran, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.

or

2) Negotiate a ceasefire with ISIS and demand that they stop recruiting. Policymakers have to attack the Islamic State's public image (not everyone think ISIS is evil - that is reality http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/w...column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news).

The Islamic State and the Syrian civil war are clearly responsible for the mass exodus of refugees from the Middle East. The longer ISIS lasts, the further it will spread throughout the Middle East and beyond.
 
well the Kurds aren't the full answer to ISIL,
and it's not surprising Turkey is using the excuse of bombing ISIL to go after the Kurds either..

Yes it's a stalemate -but the stalemate is Syria..France is supposed to start bombing, and Russia Im sure..
how about those ground troops though?

They gotta come from somewhere, and the proxie players there find it better for them not to engage into Syria
(can't say as I blame them)..so off we go into more war of attrition
 
Kelfuma said:
It is more than obvious that the West is at a stalemate:

We?re Losing the War Against ISIS in Iraq | The National Interest Blog

I propose that they do one of the following:

1) Condemn Turkey for attacking the Kurds (and Turkish nuclear buildup Is Turkey Secretly Working on Nuclear Weapons? | The National Interest) and support the Kurds in establishing Kurdistan to serve as a buffer between Iran, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.

or

2) Negotiate a ceasefire with ISIS and demand that they stop recruiting. Policymakers have to attack the Islamic State's public image (not everyone think ISIS is evil - that is reality http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/w...st-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news).

The Islamic State and the Syrian civil war are clearly responsible for the mass exodus of refugees from the Middle East. The longer ISIS lasts, the further it will spread throughout the Middle East and beyond.
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Negotiate a cease fire? With ISIS? Surely you can't be serious.
 
We gotta at least make them look bad diplomatically and in a different way. It's something at least.

I don't think crying over their beheadings, rapes, and human life violations is working. It's numbing us actually.
 
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