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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. Ygg2 ◴[14 Nov 15 01:46 UTC] No.10563945[source]▶
Moderate is a relative term.

Compared to ISIS, Asad is a secular moderate. Hell, Al Quaida is moderate compared to ISIS. Every other sensible actor in Syria left the country long time ago.