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Self explanatory thread title. What do you say?
Self explanatory thread title. What do you say?
No. The only way to stop being the world's policeman is to stop running to every little disturbance. Just put down the scanner, and hang up the spandex guys.
They need to be eradicated.
Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
So far ISIS has taken some ground killed some people.
Al Qaeda did the same sort of thing, and the US didn't get involved until after 9/11, and then it was in a big way.
Seems likely that we've not learned from that experience, not learned the wisdom of fighting these types of people on their soil rather than ours, so we'll have to go through it again, on our soil, our citizens dieing, until we'll become involved yet again, and then again in a big way, with big expense and big collateral casualties.
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To the bolded: Do you really think so? I would be surprised. Security has become so tight since the dept of homeland security was formed, and now the NSA has had the reins loosened and had their powers broadened. I would surprised if any major attacks happen over here nowadays. Perhaps I'm just naïve.
The human is the most innovative, creative and persistent problem solver that planet has seen. Further, no man made thing is perfect or infallible. When the two meet, a persistent and resourceful enemy, and human flaws in man made security systems, there'll be a breach, and something will be through.
It has been reported, and only rumors perhaps, that ISIS leaders and Mexican drug cartels are talking. One can only imagine that they are talking about smuggling roots across the Southern US border for the purpose of infiltration for nefarious purposes.
No, it's far better to combat such an enemy on their ground and away from your 'soft underbelly'. Should they actually arrive here and strike here, can you imagine the severity of the abridgement of individual rights to catch them and keep them out, this close to home? Who knows, perhaps they'll assassinate congress (doing us favors?) or the president, which would throw the US government into a tail spin for some time.
The cartels have never known pain like being labeled a terrorist group. Hopefully they know that.
Dunno. They seem pretty arrogant, killing border security and ATF agents, running people and drugs across the border pretty freely and all. Not to mention all the murdering and kidnapping they are doing within Mexico. Acting pretty much a terrorist organization already, one could say.
What additional pressures would come upon them should they be labeled a terrorist group?
No, we've screwed up the Middle East enough. Time to call it done, learn from our mistakes, and get the **** out of there.
In entering the war on terror as terrorists they would by fought by our military, and hopefully Mexico's. Im talking about making it rain. All day every day and they can watch their supply lines and portals of entry into the US disappear.
Self explanatory thread title. What do you say?
I'd be OK with making it rain on the drug cartels.
Isn't the Mexican army already in combat with the cartels now?
Its typically indirect and not high intensity. This would be rooting out.
And I think you were referring to something a bit more high intensity action, I believe. Still OK by me.
Self explanatory thread title. What do you say?