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Originally Posted by TexaninVA
This is a good post and I agree with it. We can, and at some point will have to level the ISIS homeland much as we did Germany and Japan but it will take several horrific attacks on our homeland before the need for this becomes obvious. Boots on the ground will also be inevitable at that point for us to truly destroy ISIS, which is what must happen.
However, the main point you omit is ISIS will attack us asymmetrically here at home … using innovative weapons and tactics, and most likely by coming across our porous southern border, or what used to be a border. We will truly rue and regret the day we did not secure it. I’m sure we will secure it after many thousands of Americans die here at home. It’s unfortunate we can’t anticipate, and then act, on the obvious now, but I think that’s partly the nature of a democratic republic. We are slow to rile but, once we have a Pearl Harbor, we go all out etc.
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I wholeheartedly agree with everything that you've said.
It won't be news to you, but perhaps it'll be reassuring to some to remind/make them aware that there's an awful lot going on within our military and intelligence agencies 24/7/365. As an example, EVERY electronic signal worldwide is captured and "scrubbed" by US "agencies" real time for its intelligence value. Translated, that means EVERY phone call (landline, cell, satellite, microwave, ultra-low/high frequency, low/high/very high/ultra high freq… EVERY email/text/internet posting, snapchat… EVERYTHING that transmits across the electromagnetic spectrum produced by humans is being captured and evaluated continuously real-time by the US all in an effort to keep this country and its citizens safe. Yes, your cell call from the beach in Bali with a fruity drink in hand is being recorded!
Many "actions" are "quietly" taken around the world to neutralize threats as they emerge all in an effort to prevent another 9-1-1. Unfortunately, it may take another horrific terrorist attack on our homeland to garner the "political cover" to take decisive military action and neutralize this latest ISIS threat. My point in mentioning these things is simply to reassure some folks that many emerging threats have been quietly suppressed without any "fanfare". (When was the last time you've read of Somali pirates hijacking ships?)