(January 4, 2015 at 6:21 am)abaris Wrote:It was only a meme!(January 4, 2015 at 6:08 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Not a fan of America's attitude to policing the world myself. But silly comparison is silly. The difference is the mission statement. murica wants to make its rich people richer and sees war as a means to that end. Isis wants to convert everyone in the world to Islam or failing that to kill us all.
Insofar as dropping bombs on anyone is justified, dropping them on ISIS is justified.
The first page of this thread looks and sounds like Fox News. I guess that's what he was taking issue with. And he's not alone in that.
Also, there's a problem with ISIS is out to kill us all. They killed a single digit number of Westerners so far, but thousands of muslims on their way to do so. They simply don't make headlines, they don't make for any news.
Of course they need to be stopped, but it would be a good thing, if brainpower came before muscle this time round.
But if we're going to turn this into a serious thread, you make a good point. Isis may have killed less westerners than lightning, but they are making up for that with the numbers of other Muslims (and indeed just plain others) they have killed. At present the group is small and local and is thus only massacring local folk. But those lives matter as well! I think it's legit to try to stop them on that basis alone. When a fire starts in your neighbours house you don't wait for it to spread to yours before you put it out.
as to how, I'm all in favour of alternatives to force. Any suggestions?
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
