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In reply to the discussion: Yes, this is all about energy--Syria, Iraq, IS, and the President's Speech. [View all]RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)It only begets more violence.
You kill some of them, and the ones that are not dead, and are young, grow up to be more terrorists.
You kill many innocent people. For what? How much oil is a person's life worth?
How about we have a Manhattan Project style program, whereby we get off of ALL fossil fuels in 3 years.
If we could build the atomic bomb in such a short amount of time, I am CERTAIN that we can get everyone in the US off of fossil fuels.
Then we could export that to Europe, Japan, and the rest of the world who needs it. Heck, without our demand on the global marketplace, the price would go way down.
After we make the fossil fuels the dinosaurs of today, we then can have little to do with ISIS, or our next "enemy."
And can you explain to me, why we keep funding these folks as friends, only to have them become our enemies?
Oh, and did I mention that even though the President says that there will be no boots on the ground, what do you call the thousand or so soldiers that will go over there? Will they be wearing pumps, stilettos, or sandals so they don't count as "boots" on the ground?
Give me a break, this is all about corporate and military-industrial complex profits. Nothing more, nothing less.