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In reply to the discussion: Everyone hates ISIS....So what do you want to do about it ? [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)What do you do against a force that threatens people and governments all over the world? A force that tries to spread its message by armed attack or the threat of armed attack, and insists on its "right" to interfere all over the world. Good question.
What if this force is killing innocent people all over the world in the name of a religion/ideology? Again, a good question.
What if this force is always at war and cannot be restrained by diplomacy or international law?
What if the force of which I speak, a military power with over 700 military bases worldwide, a power that spends more on its' war machine than the rest of the world combined, is the United States? Cognitive dissonance anyone?
Does violence ever really stop violence, or does it engender a reaction equal to the original action? Does Newton's 2nd law apply to world affairs as well as physical objects?