The leader of ISIS has stated his intention to fly his flag over the White House. To me the solution is rather straightforward. First take him at his word. We didn't take Bin Laden seriously and we all know what happened. Second tell the military to remove the threat, Third get out of their way and let then do it.
I think you need to read
your last post on the thread
"The Death Penalty" ... ie:
"Despite all the appeals and other complications it is a good bet we have executed some innocent people."
The solution is not, as you say,
"straight forward", Torp. You have no problem with sending our military power to another country and killing
innocent civilians THERE simply because some fanatics threatened you from their country? What would you propose the military to do, once they got THERE ... ask for ID's and Religious Preference cards
before they shot the suspected terrorist? .... again,
((( chuckles )))
Then, what about the US military lives that were lost under a false premise ... WMD's in Iraq? Does
THAT matter to you? It matters to me ... should to you, too. You're X-military. The first two men that should
put boots on the ground in the Middle East next time, should be Rumsfeld & Cheney, and they shouldn't even be armed when they do.
See, you
"conservatives" never make sense; never are consistent. You apply your beliefs to what satisfies
YOUR needs, not the majority.
Just once,
Torp, I'd love for you to admit that a posted comment you made simply didn't make sense ... you clearly contradict yourself regarding
"the taking of lives" ... I've never heard you once express remorse over the many
thousands of
innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan (children included) who were killed in
their own homes by
our military during the recent wars there? Does it not matter to you simply because these innocent civilians are in Iraq or Afghanistan, or Syria? Because they're Islamic, are they therefore
evil to you? Is that it? Guilty until proven innocent? The radicals represent a very small percent of the Islam faith ... very, very small.
Yet you think that a *******, (a real case in Florida) who rapes & murders a 9 year old girl, burying her
alive in a shallow grave, with a plastic bag tied over her head, holding her teddy bear, deserves to be shown "MERCY", not "DEATH"?
Just a second, give me some of what you're smoking ...
"ok, I think I see your point clearly, now!"