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originally posted by: makemap
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Tartuffe
It wasn't destroyed just fragmented , the territory is gone but the ideal remains.
The caliphate is destroyed. The people who lived under its tyranny are liberated. No cause for celebration?
ISIS is not dead because the West is protecting them. There are still terror attacks going on. Just like how Nazism is still alive. There is nothing to clebrate about it.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Tartuffe
It would never effect me without me going looking for it. Thats my whole point.
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Tartuffe
It wasn't destroyed just fragmented , the territory is gone but the ideal remains.
The caliphate is destroyed. The people who lived under its tyranny are liberated. No cause for celebration?
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: makemap
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Tartuffe
It wasn't destroyed just fragmented , the territory is gone but the ideal remains.
The caliphate is destroyed. The people who lived under its tyranny are liberated. No cause for celebration?
ISIS is not dead because the West is protecting them. There are still terror attacks going on. Just like how Nazism is still alive. There is nothing to clebrate about it.
Can you point to the caliphate on the map?
originally posted by: Tartuffe
It wasn’t so long ago that ISIS territory was dramatically expanding in an attempted realization of its world-wide caliphate.
Impelled by its hatred of non-believers and the modern world, ISIS was on a path to genocide and world domination. It murdered, raped and pillaged the people as it did the land. Whoever did survive lived under theocratic tyranny, was made a sex slave, or was subject to threat and persecution. It burned books, churches, mosques, libraries and museums. It tortured, beheaded, and desecrated its prisoners, which it filmed for use in its propaganda. It inspired the insane to commit acts of terror all over the globe. This reign of terror destabilized the region and helped spur the ongoing migrant crisis.
But a ragtag group of brave Freedom fighters backed by a coalition of states and mercenary volunteers dealt a fatal blow to the Islamic State death cult, which was finally driven out of Syria like it was in Iraq. The people of Syria and Iraq are, after so many years, liberated from the menace that has effectively ruined the lives of countless millions.
Given their aspirations, ISIS was (and still might be) an existential threat to the entire globe. The mass graves, the ruined cities, the diaspora attest to their wickedness. But in this case the forces of good defeated the forces of evil.
So where is the celebration?
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Tartuffe
It wasn't destroyed just fragmented , the territory is gone but the ideal remains.
The caliphate is destroyed. The people who lived under its tyranny are liberated. No cause for celebration?
haha That’s a far better comeback than I could have dreamed up!
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
it is not destroyed...
"But a ragtag group of brave Freedom fighters"
communists, socialists, anarchists, anti-fascists
You talking about Portland?
originally posted by: proteus33
a reply to: Tartuffe
You mean the Saudi special forces guys were dispersed when they realized they were not going to achieve the goals set for them by Saudi kingdom.. their true goal was to secure Iraq oilfields for Saudi masters and in Syria their goal was regime change and to secure land for pipeline to turkey so Saudi oil would get to Europe much more cheaply than carrying it to Europe via super tankers.
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Tartuffe
It would never effect me without me going looking for it. Thats my whole point.
That's true of the truth in general. I suppose that is a good point as to why people are not celebrating the defeat of this century's greatest threat.
originally posted by: sapien82
originally posted by: Tartuffe
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Tartuffe
It would never effect me without me going looking for it. Thats my whole point.
That's true of the truth in general. I suppose that is a good point as to why people are not celebrating the defeat of this century's greatest threat.
the greatest threat to life on earth right now isnt ISIS
its capitalism , ISIS doesnt destroy the environment on the grand scale ISIS are a drop in the ocean of humanities problems
we are the keepers of our garden and we have squandered it and let it fall into chaos