Just Bombed ISIS

[RidgeHunter]

Interesting take on it. I'm gonna stick with "they're sick of U.S. intervention".

Remember when the BBC and CNN interviewed Bin Laden in the 90s and he used the opportunity to ramble on incessantly about why he hates the U.S.?

...he talked about our government's foreign policy for over an hour. He didn't mention "hating us for our freedom" or "Christianity" or "because they exist" once. But if you ask the average American "why do terrorists hate the U.S.?" what are they gonna tell you?

It's not ignorance - it's arrogance to think the "radical muslim middle east will always want to make stabs at us because of what we symbolize". Nothing symbolic about it. It's reactionary.

 

[RidgeHunter]

Nobody watched those Bin Laden interviews. Nobody remembers what he said was prompting him to plan attacks on U.S. soil.

Everybody watched our president stand up in fall of '01 and say if we stop shopping, they beat us. That's why they hate us, right? Our western culture? Our freedom? Our Constitution, our churches, our outlet malls and scantily-clad women who drive cars?

 

[uncle money bags]

There is no war in history that has been won without boots on the ground. This one will be no different.

This is not a war, it is an advisory police action, counter terror thingy. This way, the administration can define what success will look like rather than what success would actually be.
Also, we have boots on the ground, which sucks for them because we can all see where this is headed.
I think we have done this before.

Meanwhile Kerry is harping on about mother earth screaming about what we are doing to it, and troops are being sent to Africa to battle ebola. Cut the military and spread out their responsibilities. This is what we get, this is what we deserve.

 

[uncle money bags]

Remember when the BBC and CNN interviewed Bin Laden in the 90s and he used the opportunity to ramble on incessantly about why he hates the U.S.?

...he talked about our government's foreign policy for over an hour. He didn't mention "hating us for our freedom" or "Christianity" or "because they exist" once. But if you ask the average American "why do terrorists hate the U.S.?" what are they gonna tell you?

It's not ignorance - it's arrogance to think the "radical muslim middle east will always want to make stabs at us because of what we symbolize". Nothing symbolic about it. It's reactionary.

He didnt have a problem with intervention when we were arming and training him and his buddies. Bet he didnt mention that in the interview.

 

[SoonerP226]

Nothing symbolic about it.

There is no one answer as to why they do what they do, just like there's no one reason at to why we do what we do, but there is a LOT of symbolism in attacking the biggest guy on the damn block.

 

[aviator41]

What if I told you this has nothing to do with isis?

See my post on page one.

 

[SlugSlinger]

Just Bombed ISIS in Syria......now who doesn't feel safe at home? Hang on to you're heads MFers.

I read obama is invading the Middle East for their oil.

 

[dennishoddy]

There is no war in history that has been won without boots on the ground. This one will be no different.

 

[DREW42]

The only friends we have over there are the Kurds. I am for helping the Kurds.

Ever heard of Israel. They have been standing by our side for a long time

 

[Spata]

Al-Qaida-Affiliated Group Was in 'Final Stages' of Planning Attacks Against the West

The U.S. launched eight airstrikes Monday night against a little-known, al-Qaida-affiliated militant group in Syria.

The United States Central Command said Tuesday morning that American forces hit the Khorasan Group near Aleppo to stop "imminent attack-planning against the United States and Western interests." At a Pentagon press briefing shortly after, defense officials explained just how imminent such an attack may have been.

"The intelligence reports indicated that the Khorasan Group was in the final stages of plans to execute major attacks against Western targets and potentially the U.S. homeland," said Lt. Gen. William Mayville, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

U.S. strikes hit the group's "training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communications building, and command and control facilities," according to a Pentagon statement released Tuesday morning.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/defe...of-planning-attacks-against-the-west-20140923