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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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hardcastle ◴[14 Nov 15 00:51 UTC] No.10563671[source]▶
"Evil thrives when good men do nothing" gotta put a stop to this
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user_0001 ◴[14 Nov 15 01:00 UTC] No.10563724[source]▶
What should be done?

Bomb the hell out of the Syrians? Surely they have suffered enough.

Iraq III? Maybe this time.... maybe....

Send the ground troops into Saudi? Quatar?

Acknowledging that some of ISIS / Al-Qaeda gripes do have some merit, stop interfering in other countries affairs, stop propping up dictators because they are "our" dictator.

Something else?

Unfortunately for the Syrians, my money is on bomb the hell out of them, trying to limit the number of "collataral damage" of dead women and kids, but hey, not our fault.

And so we go round the merry go round again.

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blisterpeanuts ◴[14 Nov 15 01:10 UTC] No.10563788[source]▶
We have to concentrate on stabilizing Syria, Iraq, Yemen, etc., assist the Kurds and other moderate groups against the extremists, and be vigilant within our own borders, yet without sacrificing our liberties.

Beyond that, there's not much more we can do.

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1. bronson ◴[14 Nov 15 01:14 UTC] No.10563806[source]▶
We tried to stabilize Iraq, now we have ISIL.
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2. blisterpeanuts ◴[14 Nov 15 01:22 UTC] No.10563848[source]▶
Arguably, we gave up on stabilizing Iraq and pulled out too quickly, angering the Sunni tribes who were counting on the U.S. to protect them from the majority Shi'ite government. Once they saw the U.S. military bailing out, they began allying with Sunni extremists and gave ISIS a fertile soil in which to take root.
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3. Ygg2 ◴[14 Nov 15 01:50 UTC] No.10563967[source]▶
US has been mostly used as a very expensive bludgeon to deal with internal enemies.

You don't like your local police officer, call him terrorist and see the world's most expensive bludgeon deal with him. Don't want to deal with rebellious village? Tell Americans they are terrorists.