You can't practice diplomacy on a group of people that only have 1 of 2 goals, convert or destroy. To leave them be is to let them gather power. The reason we are in this mess is because we don't fight wars right. I mean sending out fliers telling them we are going to bomb? Seriously? WTF!!!.SparrowHawk said:For the record.
Dead soldiers come in through Dover AFB, located in Dover, DE
Live injured soldiers come in through McGuire AFB, located about 15 miles southeast of Trenton, NJ
What is a policy of Non-Intervention?
It is NOT isolationist. What Non Intervention means is we mind our own business. Consider what the Middle East might look like had we not assisted in the overthrow of of Iran's democratically elected government in 1953? End result was installation of the Shah or Iran who from 1953 until 1979 presided over a reign of terror. Then guess who stepped in? Islamic Fundamentalists. Then we have Afghanistan. We armed the rebel factions there because we wanted the Russians to pay a very high price for their incursion into Afghanistan. Thus as an unintended consequence we we gave legitimacy to Osama bin Laden and his fighters. Many of them morphing into Al-Queda, Taliban and today ISIS. Then just to keep things interesting we invade and topple Hussein, a secular dictator only to see forces of the sadists challenge and nearly topple that government. Now we are sending troops to Iraq who will likely do little more than inflame the passions of extremists and create another generation of Jihadists! This goes on and one with Libya, Syria and one by one as secular dictatorships fall the rise of extremist persists along with the unintended consequences of our actions.
Non Intervention says to stay out of it. At least until we exhaust our diplomatic options and clear our action with the American people through a Declaration of War. So let's stay back and allow events to unfold and clarify who the players are first, Attempt to act as broker instead of bomber. If all of that fails then put it to a vote, declare war and kick thoer arses. We can trot the Military out at anytime it doesn't have to be today.
Assuming your first premise is correct then and I don't agree that it is as we have never tried it since 1953. However for debate, We can consider thae we have used up all diplomatic efforts and are now at an impasse.La Li Lu Le Lo said:You can't practice diplomacy on a group of people that only have 1 of 2 goals, convert or destroy. To leave them be is to let them gather power. The reason we are in this mess is because we don't fight wars right. I mean sending out fliers telling them we are going to bomb? Seriously? WTF!!!.
http://www.iraqinews.com/features/urgent-american-planes-drop-leaflets-warning-mosul-residents-stay-away-isis-headquarters-bombing/
do they have to kill THEIR KIDS?NewHampshire Black Bears said:I dunno, maybe I'm missing these kinds of storys of black dudes killing 5 of thier kids in places like along the I-95 corridor between BOS and DCA, and i mean more people get killed in NYC in one day, than in Good ol' boy SC.
So what am I missing ? As I say, that EVIL P-RICK in Newtown, CT was Bat-Shiit crazy !
Wasn't it Susan Smith that drowned her kids from SC too ??
PHXConx said:do they have to kill THEIR KIDS?
Or was the beltway snipers crazy enough for you? That was I-95 wasnt it?
eolesen said:I've never seen someone quite as caught up in race or sexual orientation issues as you are, Bears...
Something that get's easier, day by day!Glenn Quagmire said:Or were you busy searching or waiting for the next bit of news to validate your personal disgust of all things Obama.
Good thing for you. You get dumber day by day.Something that get's easier, day by day!
Glenn Quagmire said:Or were you busy searching or waiting for the next bit of news to validate your personal disgust of all things Obama.
Gee, that's right up there with "some of my best friends are black" on the "I'm not a bigot" list of excuses.NewHampshire Black Bears said:Boy eric, THAT sure flys-in-the-face of my support for the North going to war over slavery.
I'm for gay marriage Eric,.............what about YOU ??????
How about I supported Herman Cain?Gee, that's right up there with "some of my best friends are black" on the "I'm not a bigot" list of excuses.