Comments on: Obama’s vague vision to take on IS

By: Just Visiting

Just Visiting — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:32:00 +0000

In reply to swat.

That solution might appeal to a 10-year, used to playing lego star wars.

But in the real world, one has to think about what to do after the fighting stops.

And with the historic Shia/Sunni violence, and factors like this, the situation is not easily solvable:

> Saudi and Qatar in particular have been accused of funding jihadist forces fighting Assad

It’s not clear that even if ISIS disappeared tomorrow, that they would not fund a different extremist group.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:36:00 +0000

IS’s rise was because we didn’t intervene.

By: swat

swat — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:13:00 +0000

Odd when you consider the USA is the most highly equipped technological power on Earth and it can’t even deal with a gang of thugs like ISIS. With a formidable arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, it can’t even take out ISIS. Makes you wonder why the Americans don’t question the obscene amount of money spent on Defence.

By: Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:44:00 +0000

Continuous bombing, arm the Kurds massively with medium heavy weapons and transport. The bombing should denigrate the transport of ISIS which it won’t be able to replace. Use civilian contractors to build up the Peshmerga into a regular army and the same with the Syrian opposition. Let’s try that for starters.

By: Mike Stallard

Mike Stallard — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:21:00 +0000

The IS movement is religious.
It looks back to the Salafi – the ancestors. By studying the documents left by early scholars, the Salafists hope to learn to live as like their Prophet as humanly possible. And they are. The Prophet did all the things – or ordered all the things – which they do themselves. So fighting them is simply going to chop off one head of the Salafist hydra.
Myself, I am a Christian, a brother to the people who have been displaced, crucified and murdered by these followers of their Prophet. I am pleased that their version of Islam has revealed to the whole world the sheer poverty of their beliefs.
On the other hand, I have had the privilege of knowing people who use Islam to allow the rays of God (Allah) to shine through into their lives bringing meaning, decency, generosity and benevolence. I welcome that.