U.S. Air Strikes in Syria

[odeon]

I was serious about the neutron bombs. 

They are not exactly what people think they are and work best against tanks and such.  If you want this sort of option better to go with VX or some other nerve agent then you would not have to worry about any radiological contamination

An EMP might prove to be beneficial, though. I very much doubt the IS would be able to advance anywhere in a while.

[odeon]

Or we could like, you know.. stop killing people, man.

And everyone could, you know, just hold hands and sing, I dunno, something like "We Shall Overcome".

['andersom']

Or we could like, you know.. stop killing people, man.

And everyone could, you know, just hold hands and sing, I dunno, something like "We Shall Overcome".

 

[odeon]

Force simply isn't ever going to be the answer. It has been used to "solve" problems countless times in the past, and it always creates several new ones.

That independence thing you guys had a couple of hundred years ago didn't solve anything. I know.

[odeon]

Didn't the US and UK want to fight with these guys against Assad last year?

Some of their buddies, I think, but not the IS themselves. I think. The IS is sprung from al Qaeda and I'm pretty sure it's been a few years since they got help from the West.

[odeon]

How do you kill an idea?

By replacing it with another idea.

['andersom']

How do you kill an idea?

By replacing it with another idea.

Duhh, but how do you do that.

Bringing democracy will not help.


Calvinism once spread to Northern Europe at massive speed. I do not think it was the message that did that, but what came with it. It was imperative that everyone learned to read. So, it came with schooling, for everyone, regardless of status, and in some areas even regardless of gender. It came with empowerment for the people.

Something like that may help spread a new idea. But, what could it be? Something that can spread in a grassroot way.

[odeon]

How do you kill an idea?

By replacing it with another idea.

Duhh, but how do you do that.

Bringing democracy will not help.

Not by itself, but if you bother to explain its benefits first it might. You have to sell an idea before you can implement it.

[Parts]

I was serious about the neutron bombs. 

They are not exactly what people think they are and work best against tanks and such.  If you want this sort of option better to go with VX or some other nerve agent then you would not have to worry about any radiological contamination

An EMP might prove to be beneficial, though. I very much doubt the IS would be able to advance anywhere in a while.

They would have to go back to using camels

[odeon]

I was serious about the neutron bombs. 

They are not exactly what people think they are and work best against tanks and such.  If you want this sort of option better to go with VX or some other nerve agent then you would not have to worry about any radiological contamination

An EMP might prove to be beneficial, though. I very much doubt the IS would be able to advance anywhere in a while.

They would have to go back to using camels

After which a nerve gas could finish the job.

[Parts]

I was serious about the neutron bombs. 

They are not exactly what people think they are and work best against tanks and such.  If you want this sort of option better to go with VX or some other nerve agent then you would not have to worry about any radiological contamination

An EMP might prove to be beneficial, though. I very much doubt the IS would be able to advance anywhere in a while.

They would have to go back to using camels

After which a nerve gas could finish the job.

But then PETA would be mad at us for hurting the camels:zoinks:

[odeon]

I didn't know camels would be affected. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

I think most people are still human, some even decent, and only a select few would seriously consider beheading others for whatever reason. The problem is that it's the latter that gets all the attention.

Not exactly accurate. The majority of Germans killing Jews at the concentration camps were normal "decent" people. Many of them had to drink themselves into oblivion in order to do their jobs.

[odeon]

I think most people are still human, some even decent, and only a select few would seriously consider beheading others for whatever reason. The problem is that it's the latter that gets all the attention.

Not exactly accurate. The majority of Germans killing Jews at the concentration camps were normal "decent" people. Many of them had to drink themselves into oblivion in order to do their jobs.

The majority of the Germans killing Jews at the concentrations was a minority of the total population. I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.

[RageBeoulve]

He's going to disagree with anything that doesn't involve exterminating middle eastern people, as per his immovable cognitive bias.