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Could America face major ISIS attacks soon?

Could America face a major terrorist attack from ISIS in the next year?

  • Im not American, yes.

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The news gets worse and worse, and now it appears that ISIS has posted ominous photos as threats to Americans.


Does the US face an attack from ISIS, and if so why?


I think we DO-they wont play nice when they are being defeated in Iraq, and tragically I expect we WILL experience a major attack. I think we should never have pulled out of Iraq and allowed this movement of evil to threaten the USA. The war on terror is not over, and we must remain vigilant.

All of our military interventions have virtually guaranteed a future attack by ISIS against us. It doesnt matter how many terrorists we kill, there will be more simply because killing them isnt the answer, all it does is further antagonize people and make them hate us, therefore more terrorists are recruited into their ranks. James Foley was simply the first and as long as we keep doing the same things over and over then the so-called war on terror will never end.

If the US truly wants to stop terror attacks against its own citizens then they have to adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy. Other people dont hate us because of our freedoms- thats bull**** neocon propaganda, they hate us because we meddle in other countries. We need to stop minding other people's business. We create our own Frankenstein monsters- and Americans are dying for nothing because of it.
 
All of our military interventions have virtually guaranteed a future attack by ISIS against us. It doesnt matter how many terrorists we kill, there will be more simply because killing them isnt the answer, all it does is further antagonize people and make them hate us, therefore more terrorists are recruited into their ranks. James Foley was simply the first and as long as we keep doing the same things over and over then the so-called war on terror will never end.

If the US truly wants to stop terror attacks against its own citizens then they have to adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy. Other people dont hate us because of our freedoms- thats bull**** neocon propaganda, they hate us because we meddle in other countries. We need to stop minding other people's business. We create our own Frankenstein monsters- and Americans are dying for nothing because of it.

we can endure the casualties. for every hostage that ISIS murders, launch ten air strikes in retaliation.
 
we can endure the casualties. for every hostage that ISIS murders, launch ten air strikes in retaliation.

It wont just be hostages, it could be bombs and direct terror attacks in the future. Americans will keep dying for nothing. Is that the kind of world you want?
 
It wont just be hostages, it could be bombs and direct terror attacks in the future. Americans will keep dying for nothing. Is that the kind of world you want?

isis won't be able to move above ground if we unleash our drones and undertake a 24/7 aerial bombardment campaign.
 
Yep. 9/11 worked pretty damn well for Al Qaeda, didn't it? A trillion US dollars vaporized, and AQ with more members and better recruiting.

How many members "Al Qaeda" has depends entirely on how you define "Al Qaeda." And it is has been unwillingness of the U.S. and the rest of the Western powers to wage serious war against Islamic jihadists, ever since they first showed up in modern form in Iran in 1979, that has made jihadism attractive. To the extent it looks like it's gaining victories over the unbelievers, it attracts more Muslims.

I think the U.S. has made a big mistake in letting the Khomeinist regime in Teheran survive for 35 years now. It is the crowning achievement of Islamic jihad. That regime and its terrorist proxies have murdered thousands of American civilians and servicemen around the world during that time. Just in Iraq, a network of terrorist cells, using antitank mines and other modern weapons that Iranian Pasdaran operatives had supplied them and trained them how to use, murdered at least 500 U.S. servicemen and wounded many times more.

The U.S. has all along had very good reasons to put paid to the Teheran regime. And it has always had more than enough military force not just to have done that, but to have made the defeat decisive and humiliating. If I doubt the jihadist movement ever would have gained the following it has if its leading light had been shown up, to use Bin Laden's term, as a "weak horse." If the damned Americans could crush the world's most prestigious Islamist regime so easily, once they decided to go all out, they would have to wonder, what could they do to us, if they ever took the gloves off?

Pulling your punches, settling for pinpricks, and nicely calibrating every response to spare civilians strikes us as humane and civilized. But to the sort of jihadist savage that thinks nothing of beheading a defenseless person while recording the process, it is only a sign of decadent weakness. These Islamic supremacist fanatics are dead serious about advancing their way of life and imposing it--violently--on the rest of the world. And we in the West had better get serious about defeating them--permanently. They and the people who are inclined to support them need to be shown how horrific the cost of waging jihad on a much more powerful opponent can be.
 
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The news gets worse and worse, and now it appears that ISIS has posted ominous photos as threats to Americans.


Does the US face an attack from ISIS, and if so why?


I think we DO-they wont play nice when they are being defeated in Iraq, and tragically I expect we WILL experience a major attack. I think we should never have pulled out of Iraq and allowed this movement of evil to threaten the USA. The war on terror is not over, and we must remain vigilant.

Certainly Americans abroad are in danger, particularly in the Middle East. Though I think the likelihood of an attack on American soil is unlikely within the next year. Though anything is possible, it seems as if ISIS is content to hunt and capture Americans in the field and use them as political leverage. And there are also very fundamental divides within ISIS, and it appears, at least for now, that the bulk of the unification of the group is the establishment of the caliphate. But as this situation develops, things could certainly change. But at present, I wouldn't be too worried.
 
Depends on how stupid they are. If there is a second 9/11 or something similar, I think there are going to be a lot of very dead Muslims guilty and innocent alike. Scorched earth most likely. Obama will have NO choice in the matter because it will be a tidal wave of anger bearing down on the white house that no one would risk going against for fear of drowning.

Do not underestimate the amount of stupid these guys possess. They are shooting people for smoking.
 
All of our military interventions have virtually guaranteed a future attack by ISIS against us. It doesnt matter how many terrorists we kill, there will be more simply because killing them isnt the answer, all it does is further antagonize people and make them hate us, therefore more terrorists are recruited into their ranks. James Foley was simply the first and as long as we keep doing the same things over and over then the so-called war on terror will never end.

If the US truly wants to stop terror attacks against its own citizens then they have to adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy. Other people dont hate us because of our freedoms- thats bull**** neocon propaganda, they hate us because we meddle in other countries. We need to stop minding other people's business. We create our own Frankenstein monsters- and Americans are dying for nothing because of it.

I dont see this as realistic. Lefty ideology has taken us here. Obama allowed this to happen.
 
isis won't be able to move above ground if we unleash our drones and undertake a 24/7 aerial bombardment campaign.

Terrorists can hide among the civilian population so thats pointless. Also the Russians tried carpet bombing in Afghanistan, didnt work either.
 
Terrorists can hide among the civilian population so thats pointless. Also the Russians tried carpet bombing in Afghanistan, didnt work either.

The problem is nausea and an international system of treaties that does not fit the bill. We can stop that force no matter, where it hides. But it makes me sick to think about the way it would look.
 
The news gets worse and worse, and now it appears that ISIS has posted ominous photos as threats to Americans.


Does the US face an attack from ISIS, and if so why?


I think we DO-they wont play nice when they are being defeated in Iraq, and tragically I expect we WILL experience a major attack. I think we should never have pulled out of Iraq and allowed this movement of evil to threaten the USA. The war on terror is not over, and we must remain vigilant.

Has anyone checked to see if this is photoshopped?
 
The problem is nausea and an international system of treaties that does not fit the bill. We can stop that force no matter, where it hides. But it makes me sick to think about the way it would look.
You can try and commit genocide but you wont be able to kill everybody, the Nazis tried that. Other nations and other groups will rise up against you so thats not the answer either. You want peace, then leave other people alone.
 
You can try and commit genocide but you wont be able to kill everybody, the Nazis tried that. Other nations and other groups will rise up against you so thats not the answer either. You want peace, then leave other people alone.

No, the Nazis did not try that. They tried something quite different.

But you are absolutely right, peace and safty are short lived. It is like going to the doctors'. You are healed till the next time and the next and the next and you die.

You will, however, find that if you wash and brush and floss you will do better and see the doctor's office less often. It is the same in international security. Bush's incursions woke the UN membership up and they introduced r2p into the codex. That was a remarkable step toward a better global structure for security. And we need a better structure or we will go down as sure as they say Amen in church. I think, we might need another head banger. What do you say?
 
Yes, but I believe an attack is now more likely. Obama let these terrorists grow like an infection, and now the earth has a fever. Obama is not the prescription.

So the true reason you started this thread wasn't really about terrorism or potential terrorist attacks.
You just wanted to start yet another "Obama Suckz" thread.

Terrorism did not start with Obama.
Terrorism will not end with Obama.
Terrorism will not be defeated with the next president regardless of who it is.
Terrorism, like the "war on drugs" is not something any one POTUS can do much about one way or the other.

You post ridiculous nonsense like this as if stopping terrorism is a simple and easy task.
That shows a level of ignorance that's difficult to reason with.

Obama is NOT the cause.
A republican certainly isn't the "cure".
 
Under the leadership of the current President, America will not be able to face a threat from any source, unless that force attacks a golf coarse.
 
So the true reason you started this thread wasn't really about terrorism or potential terrorist attacks.
You just wanted to start yet another "Obama Suckz" thread.

Terrorism did not start with Obama.
Terrorism will not end with Obama.
Terrorism will not be defeated with the next president regardless of who it is.
Terrorism, like the "war on drugs" is not something any one POTUS can do much about one way or the other.

You post ridiculous nonsense like this as if stopping terrorism is a simple and easy task.
That shows a level of ignorance that's difficult to reason with.

Obama is NOT the cause.
A republican certainly isn't the "cure".

History has recorded a different result.

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/jan-20-1981-iran-releases-american-hostages-as-reagan-takes-office/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans who had been held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. The hostages were placed on a plane in Tehran as Reagan delivered his inaugural address.
 
Fear mongering, and warmongering bull****!!
Their stated goal is to attack the US, and are now similarly equipped and better financed than was Al-Qaeda when the September 11 attacks were carried out. Recognizing the possibility of an attack, or at least an attempted attack on our own soil is hardly far-fetched.
 
If so it will be a big city. I do not live in a big city, so 1) I am not worried and 2) to be honest we probably need it for the citizens to wake up and stand up to their government, kick out the idiots and get them focused on crap that matters.
Classless garbage right there.
 
Under the leadership of the current President, America will not be able to face a threat from any source, unless that force attacks a golf coarse.
Political cartoons are for humor, not analysis.
 
Classless garbage right there.

I call it reality. As both 'sides' have spent decade upon decade electing idiots that do not care for the constitution, but merely care for their own wealth and power. And even when we see people start to voice their displeasure, it most often is in a partisan manner… their 'guy' is ok, it is the 'other guy' that has brought forth all the problems and doesn't care.

Most of the citizens are too lazy to pay attention, too busy with self important nonsense, and thus easily lead by a few sound bites.

The reality is that if it happens, it will be a 'big city', and when it happens everyone will 'come together' like they did after 9/11. The question is will they allow their government to usurp more freedoms in the name of security or will they stand up to governmental abuses of power? And will it just last until the next season of housewives, which is when the citizens lose interest and get back to their self important nonsense.
 
I call it reality. As both 'sides' have spent decade upon decade electing idiots that do not care for the constitution, but merely care for their own wealth and power. And even when we see people start to voice their displeasure, it most often is in a partisan manner… their 'guy' is ok, it is the 'other guy' that has brought forth all the problems and doesn't care.

Most of the citizens are too lazy to pay attention, too busy with self important nonsense, and thus easily lead by a few sound bites.

The reality is that if it happens, it will be a 'big city', and when it happens everyone will 'come together' like they did after 9/11. The question is will they allow their government to usurp more freedoms in the name of security or will they stand up to governmental abuses of power? And will it just last until the next season of housewives, which is when the citizens lose interest and get back to their self important nonsense.

Well stated points, my good sir. I think that it is important for all of us to remember that, though the realities and dangers of horrible groups like ISIS are real, pressing issues for the innocents in the Middle East and our citizens abroad, the threat of terrorism here, in the United States, has been bloated in order to increase the willingness of our citizens to give up their liberties in the name of fear. Certainly anything can happen, but it seems you're more likely to get struck by lightening or killed by a cop than die by a terrorist attack here in the U.S., in my personal opinion.
 
So the true reason you started this thread wasn't really about terrorism or potential terrorist attacks.
You just wanted to start yet another "Obama Suckz" thread.

Terrorism did not start with Obama.
Terrorism will not end with Obama.
Terrorism will not be defeated with the next president regardless of who it is.
Terrorism, like the "war on drugs" is not something any one POTUS can do much about one way or the other.

You post ridiculous nonsense like this as if stopping terrorism is a simple and easy task.
That shows a level of ignorance that's difficult to reason with.

Obama is NOT the cause.
A republican certainly isn't the "cure".

A few points-first off you are demonstrating the last line in my sig. This is the news, and I started a poll to see how forumites feel, so no need to cry about what you think is going on inside my head. Maybe participate or dont?
Now, when it comes to Americas defense, and antiterrorism in general, Americans and the world tend to favor republicans. So on that front, this is likely to not help things with the mid terms only a few months off.
 
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