[redwitch]

What happened is Paris was ugly and tragic. Like many posters here, I have truly enjoyed the French people I have met, in Paris and in other parts of France. They were always kind and polite.

That being said, I'm not sure what America is supposed to do about these random acts of terrorism. Destroying ISIL is not going to change anything. It seems that the destruction of one organization helps create another, stronger, more evil group to replace the old one. We should stop any support of terrorist groups, whether financial, informational or anyone just generally abetting these groups. This should be a worldwide campaign, not an American responsibility. Asking us to bomb ISIL into oblivion is, at best, a stopgap measure and, at worst, an open invitation to retaliate on our soil.

So, my sincere sympathies to Paris. No one deserves these kind of attacks but please don't ask us to do more than we are doing.