And you've endorsed the kind of military intervention which has failed in the past and arguably made matters worse, so you shouldn't be so cocksure, and should be a little more empathetic. — Sapientia
Not for me at least. — Sapientia
It's too late in the present case, so I will simply leave you with this: War has already been declared, and it has been declared against you. The forces of ISIS seek your death, or else your enslavement. They could not be more explicit about it. The only question is when you will recognize this. — Thorongil
For the first time in some 70 odd years, bombs and bullets can be heard again in its great cities. Why? Because the West refuses to destroy the source. — Thorongil
Your suggestion is to put 'more boots on the ground'.It will take more boots on the ground in my estimation, or else we will continue to see very slow progress if any at all. The Syrian situation called for humanitarian military intervention years ago, but the West was too cowardly to act due to the perceived failure of Iraq and an increasingly isolationist electorate. — Thorongil
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