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I'll start us off, with a short video from the US Military Academy (ARMY) football game yesterday:
I'll start us off, with a short video from the US Military Academy (ARMY) football game yesterday:
People do realize this is exactly what ISIS wanted to happen when they planned those attacks, right? I'm not saying France shouldn't strike back. It is their right. Just go into it knowing that ISIS is playing you like a puppet.
I can't do much to support the military but I am most likely going to go to Paris and Europe for my vacation at the end of the year. I flew on a plane and went to Disney World for the first time the week after 9/11. The more I think about this, the more it makes sense. If anything Paris will be unbelievably safe right now and I'll help their economy
People do realize this is exactly what ISIS wanted to happen when they planned those attacks, right? I'm not saying France shouldn't strike back. It is their right. Just go into it knowing that ISIS is playing you like a puppet.
People do realize this is exactly what ISIS wanted to happen when they planned those attacks, right? I'm not saying France shouldn't strike back. It is their right. Just go into it knowing that ISIS is playing you like a puppet.
My hope is that NATO Article 5 is invoked by France, and that the NATO forces go in with one goal and one goal only - eradication of the enemy.
The only problem is, that Article 5 has already been asked for once before against ISIS.
Back in 2012 Turkey was on the verge of asking for such a declaration, and the Secretary-General of NATO basically told them it would not happen. And I am not sure that Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg would behave any differently. "Sorry, do what you think needs to be done France, but do not expect NATO to do anything to help".