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Originally Posted by Guest
I believe you are sadly misguided thinking this can be solved with military might. We will run out of bullets, troops, and money before these kind of uprisings are stopped. It is not about religion it is economics. We won the cold war when the Soviet Union bankrupted themselves trying to match our military spending, a lesson we did not learn but our enemies have.
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In a small part I think you speak the truth, but allow me to correct your recollection of history.
The cold war as you mention was about MILITARY MIGHT. An attitude conveyed, knowing that the USA was in the mix, and would protect freedom all over the world. That attitude was the reason for the military buildup, and that is not a guess, but fact of history.
Secondly, it does not seem to be about economics at all with ISIS. They seem pretty fat with money, have oil fields, etc. I will not argue with you on this but would ask you to support that premise, which is something I have never ever heard of before.
In my opinion, most do not want us to have troops on the ground, but want us to at least be in a position to take a leadership role in the world, even if it means military. We showed the world with Syria that children can die by gassing and we will do nothing. We continue to show the world that we will not step up despite the atrocities in Africa. We continue to negotiate, and I DO understand negotiation, but we are talking with a country that CONTINUES TO ACT WITH AND SUPPORT TERRORISM throughout the region. We are negotiation with a country that makes fun of all of us. Now, and not sure how serious it might be, Russia ignores us DESPITE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.
I would really need to hear your premise for saying this is economic. How do you propose to stop ISIS with economics ?