How to deal with IS/ISIS/ISIL?

[Flashman]

Turkey has an army of 500,000 men.
Iraq has an army of 800,000
Saudi Arabia an airforce 700 planes strong.

Really that little lot should be enough to do for ISIS before anyone else gets involved.

But hey if we send the mighty RAF, David Cameron gets to be a brave war leader.

So that ok then.

[vetran]

Firstly - what EXACTLY is it that they want?

Power!

[darmstadt]

An interesting read on modern Arabian lands and people and how they came about:

How the British Divided Up the Arab World | Lost Islamic History

The differences between Iraqis, Syrians, Jordanians, etc. were entirely created by the European colonizers as a method of dividing the Arabs against each other.

The Roots of Iraq’s Sectarian Division | Lost Islamic History

And a letter in the Mail (I'm sure I've seen this elsewhere):

[Churchill]

An interesting read on modern Arabian lands and people and how they came about:

How the British Divided Up the Arab World | Lost Islamic History



The Roots of Iraq’s Sectarian Division | Lost Islamic History

And a letter in the Mail (I'm sure I've seen this elsewhere):

http://richardajones.org/2014/09/27/...y-fleet-hants/

[DodgyAgent]

I believe they want a state that strictly enforces an extreme version of sharia law where public crucifixions Crucifixion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, hangings, floggings and stoning to death are some the penalties for anyone stepping out of line.

Why don't they simply join CUK?

[SpontaneousOrder]

They shouldn't be using the Internet anyway: Iranian cleric issues fatwa against the Internet - The Washington Post

Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[BrilloPad]

Turkey has an army of 500,000 men.
Iraq has an army of 800,000
Saudi Arabia an airforce 700 planes strong.

Really that little lot should be enough to do for ISIS before anyone else gets involved.

But hey if we send the mighty RAF, David Cameron gets to be a brave war leader.

So that ok then.

These extremists are tough cookies. I actually admire them in that respect. They crawl under rocks like cockroaches then come out fighting. The kicked the Russian bear on their own doorstep.

But as you point out, RAF will make no odds. Its only for politics. We should not be getting involved.

Hopefully they won't all be obliterated. We can keep a few in zoos as a testament to their toughness. And their stupidity.

[SpontaneousOrder]

The kicked the Russian bear on their own doorstep.

"All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations,"

-- Osama Bin Laden

[darmstadt]

Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

is a law in the United Kingdom

You think someone in the Near East gives two hoots?

[SpontaneousOrder]

You think someone in the Near East gives two hoots?

They share common concerns over people's ability to find 'immoral' imagery over the internet (a new and mysterious devil for many in older generations both here & there).