The French terrorist attack brings sadness and sympathy for the victims. The news that one of the perpetrator had a Syrian refugee passport must send chills to the refugee community. The door for them to get into Europe maybe shut as a result of this. Even if countries like Germany are still willing to allow refugees in, there will be less kindness and more hostility from the native population toward the newcomers.
Lindsey Graham says that there will be another 9/11. Isn't this saying the obvious? No matter how good our intelligence and prevention strategies are, the terrorists only have to make it through the defense once! We have to be 100% right and that is not possible for any nation. We are in better position than Europe in that we have a lot less people going to the middle east and come back as possible terrorists than France for example. Europe is also a lot closer to the middle east than the U.S. But as I said, one mistake is all it takes.
I don't agree with Graham that we should put 10,000 troops on the ground now to fight ISIS. Even if we and NATO forces can defeat ISIS, it will not eliminate threats. We won the first Gulf War and that led to al qeada, and we took out Hussein and got ISIS. When we defeat one group another props up because it is perceived that we are in the middle east to kill Muslims. Look at Russia fighting in Syria and right away was targeted. I say let the middle east sort itself out. Besides putting premium on intelligence, we should also have counter offense against internet recruiting by terrorist groups. For example, greater effort to show that 50% of young recruits from western countries ended up dead in the middle east. These efforts will not eliminate threats but I know having our soldiers die in the middle east will not stop the threats either.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
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The problem with fighting a group like ISIS is that they are all over the place. You aren't fighting a nation where there are boarders. So yeah, you can strike areas where there are known terrorists, but you end up killing innocent civilians.
ReplyDeleteI understand that France wanted to make a statement. So they went ahead and bombed an area where ISIS operatives are, so we'll see if that helps any, but I doubt it does. It might feel good for the psyche of the French people though because you feel helpless when these attacks occur. So to see their nation respond with force is a bit comforting.
So there is a big risk sending in troops and it has proven that it takes a long time with many casualties. There has to be a better way to fight terrorists. Didn't they try to freeze bank accounts at some point? Maybe the answer is to go to war with Syria now. I don't know. Interesting that Russia is calling for nations to unite.
-LBOAYM
I agree that the French bombing is not going to make much of a difference but only helps with the psyche of the nation. But a massive French bombing is a reasonable act at this time. What I don't agree with is Trump saying bomb the ---- out of ISIS. It is not a brave act to send out the best air force to bomb someone. But in the long run it won't help solve the problem. He also said that weak and ineffective leadership leads to attacks. I guess he believes that Bush was weak and ineffective. Also he may included FDR for being weak and so got attacked at Pearl Harbor!
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