FluffyAngel wrote: » Nope,if we Corkonians cant get our Republic these IS boys havent a chance
Rabbo wrote: » Wait until Kerry pledges allegiance to us, then we'll get our Republic
Roger Hassenforder wrote: » west cork would immediately split
IrishTrajan wrote: » Am I the only one that thinks ISIS might just pull off this caliphate of theirs?
Corvus Maximus wrote: » Yes. Oh and it's better to call them by their real name - Daesh. This is what the Arabic speaking world calls them. Daesh generally means scumbags, blasphemers, bigots and oppressors. So don't grant legitimacy, by calling them by their own self-appointed delusionary name ISIS or IS. Call them by the proper title, the all encapsulating title that defines their psychotic evilness - Daesh.
Drakares wrote: » Yes you are the only one. A couple of thousand nigerian scumbags added to the mix will just make their grave all the larger when they're eradicated. They haven't become enough of an annoyance to the Western world just yet, but when they do, they'll be stomped out like the cancer they are.
ScumLord wrote: » Second from the left, where'd you get those shoes?
In Nigeria, it is often said all politics are ethnic politics. So, for researchers to overlook the ethnic aspects of the insurgency—the ethnic identities of Boko Haram’s victims and the reasons they have been targeted—is an extraordinary lapse.
IrishTrajan wrote: » A decade of war in Iraq showed us that snuffing out insurgencies isn't as easy as it sounds.
Steve_Carella wrote: » 'm kind of more inclined to think that it showed us how profitable war is. It's in the interests of war profiteers to keep wars going as long as possible. With the technology that's available now, and especially the manpower available if the various governments REALLY wanted to wipe out ISIS, the only apparent reason it hasn't been done yet must be because of a decision not to do so.
IrishTrajan wrote: » Like I said, you're overestimating how easy it is to defeat an insurgency.
Steve_Carella wrote: » I don't think it's easy at all. I just can't help thinking that it can't be as impossible as we're led to believe. Put it like this, I think if the Americans wanted to wipe out ISIS, they could do it. Not easily, but it could be done.
towelly wrote: » I think Enda will pledge Ireland's allegiance to ISIS if they promise to create a few hundered jobs setting up the Caliphate call centre in Dublin.
IrishTrajan wrote: » If they have public support for such measures, they could degrade them but unlikely to ever fully stamp out, sure. But they don't. So they won't. The current fighting is between Shia militias, Sunni militias (ISIS in this regard), and the Peshmerga. If the U.S. goes in, the Shia will end up trying to kill them again (like they did when the U.S. was there). It's not in U.S., or European for that matter, interest to get involved with ground troops. Yes, we should bomb them from the air, but Rumsfeld Doctrine still dictates you have to have troops on the ground. It may seem callous, but Western life holds more weight with me than a Middle Eastern or African life. Call me a bigot, but it's simple fact. Most people only care about their group, and don't care about the other side all that much. It's why NATO didn't bomb continuously in the Bosnian war. They didn't want to risk a single Western life to save a hundred Bosnian lives. It's simple pragmatism: "Us vs them".
Steve_Carella wrote: » Call me callous too but I'd rather they were over there killing each other than over here killing us. I guess as long as they're only in the Middle East there's no real need for anyone else to go weighing in against them.
