I think this is something that needed to be done. At the same time, it scares the heck out of me. Every time we weaken one extremist group, another, far worse group takes its place. We've gone from the Taliban to al Queda to ISIL, each more strident and violent. Not sure what could be worse than ISIL, but I'm sure there is something.
One thing we really need to do is to help educate the people in the Middel East. If they could actually read the Koran rather than have just parts fed to them, it might stop a lot of the jihadists. The Koran celebrates the books of David, Moses, Abraham. The people being taught to hate need to know this. It is not a book of hate and revenge.
So, along with our iron fist, I firmly believe we need the velvet glove to bring these people into today's world.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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