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originally posted by: CitizenJack
a reply to: stumason
Yes sir I'm aware.
Subtlety and sarcasm can be a dangerous cocktail around these parts. I like to live on the edge every once in a while.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: UnBreakable
ISIS acting with impunity? Well for one the Sphinx and the Pyramids are in Egypt. Seeing as how Egypt is already bombing ISIS you are already wrong. Also, that previous link clearly shows that Egypt isn't an ally with ISIS, so ISIS would have to actually fight the Egyptian government to even GET to these landmarks. ISIS is just blowing smoke here. They will never penetrate that far into Egypt if they penetrate into the country at all.
I'm already wrong? So ISIS didn't threaten the Sphinx and Pyramids for destruction? I must've misread the article. They don't act with impunity? I must've missed the part where there was a great sense of urgency to prevent them bulldozing the ancient city of Nimrod and preserve the culture of the region.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: IShotMyLastMuse
Why does Obama need to do anything in the first place? Can't we just let the ptb in the region take care of their own problems for once?
Because apparently they aren't taking care of their own problems. ISIS is running rampant in that region.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: IShotMyLastMuse
Why does Obama need to do anything in the first place? Can't we just let the ptb in the region take care of their own problems for once?
Because apparently they aren't taking care of their own problems. ISIS is running rampant in that region.
No they aren't... ISIS is on the retreat in Syria and Iraq. What news have YOU been reading?
ISIS Is Losing in Iraq. But What Happens Next?
For ISIS, tough times as it seeks to regroup
ISIS Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Momentum
originally posted by: IShotMyLastMuse
if they get even close to doing that, and we still don't bomb them out of existence, then we just need to accept them as our rulers and stop just faking outrage.
why is nobody doing anything concrete about these idiots? can someone give me a direct answer?
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: UnBreakable
I didn't say that they've lost completely. I said that they are losing. Iraq is a place where they've been for a while. They still haven't been kicked out of Iraq, so them destroying stuff in Mosul isn't surprising. They don't even have a FOOTHOLD in Egypt, let alone the ability to get so far into the country that they can destroy the Sphinx and the pyramids. If you believe they do, then you have SERIOUSLY deluded yourself on ISIS' capabilities.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: UnBreakable
Beheading some people you captured in a recent raid is a BIT different than making good on claims like in the OP. Yes, ISIS makes good on small threats like beheadings and torturing, because anyone can do that. All you need are POWs and you can carry those threats out. However, their grandiose claims have mostly turned out to just be hot air. How is their claim of uniting the Muslim world under a single caliphate going? How about their claim to behead 1 million people? Stop using their small threats as a pretext to take their stupid threats seriously.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: UnBreakable
Well you and I have already discussed ISIS in great detail in previous threads. Since then, they've lost ground considerably (as I already showed you). While I'm not afraid to readdress this at year's end, I think it is reasonable to say that ISIS is on its way out.
originally posted by: Swills
a reply to: UnBreakable
Good luck to ISIS there because it's not like there isn't already security patrolling those tourist loving wonders of the world. The Egyptian military will have no problems killing anyone trying to destroy them.
originally posted by: intrepid
Please at least try it. Suicide. Note where they are active. Syria and Iraq. Look where they are NOT active. Turkey. Egypt. Iran. You know? Countries that would stomp them in about 2 days.
Well seeing as how, even with our great military capabilities, we screw up everything that we touch I'd say that maybe we should back off for a change. You brought up how ISIS wouldn't be a presence in Iraq if it weren't for us destabilizing the place; well do you honestly think that if we went in guns blazing that the area would turn into sunshines and rainbows this time