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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Sadly, the only way to defeat ISIS is a squadron of B52s and carpet bomb them off the planet, but this would kill thousands of innocent people.
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Possibly the very best recruiting Sargent they could ever wish for
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Originally Posted by Carth
Yeah 'cos that worked in Vietnam didn't it . . . something the USA should have learnt from.
You can't beat them on their own ground, you can push them back and 'contain' them, but that takes an awful lot of resources & manpower . . and again costs innocent lives.
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You can beat them and I believe we would have done so without the Iraq distraction fiasco
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Originally Posted by Damien
The Taliban must be getting support from countries in the region that are not big fans of the U.S.A as well.
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Or from one country that claims to be their biggest ally in the Arab world in Saudi Arabia, I doubt they get any support from anywhere else except Pakistan
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Originally Posted by Chris
Just as their grandparents in the Mujahideen got support from US and UK special forces during the Soviet occupation. Sadly what goes around comes around.
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Indeed, we left some incredibly well trained, dangerous individuals there to pass their skills on