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In reply to the discussion: An open-ended survey: What, if anything, should the United States do about IS/ISIL/ISIS? [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)1. Pretty much
2. We already have NATO...for what good that does us.
3. The UN????????? They are not a "state" and have no standing or rules or consequences.
4. Marines...what, 1 "good guy" to every 100,000 pissed off people?
5. Who'd like to pay for all of these bombs and aircraft et al ?
6. Diplomatically...see #2 and #3
7. I miss the implication of the dropping of currency, but the VS, I get. Ha Ha
I say, let THEIR god sort it out...#1. The Good Guys and the Neighbors are going to have to up their game. Right now they don't have to. It's a sad situation that goes back for centuries,which in this century we likely did stir the pot, but not worth losing our way of life via taxed up the kazoo like did the Roman Citizens way back when.
Many factors caused the Fall of the Roman Empire, but none more than military hubris and greed, overtaxed Citizens, and lack of young, able bodied men to move forward the culture. One difference, our men can get home to procreate every now and then.