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Thread: ISIS on the offensive in Iraq
Hooahguy 00:35 09-02-2014
Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny:
Maybe less bombing would be more effective:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...cant-crush-it/

A political solution? Is it even possible?
The article definitely raises some points, though his use of David Swanson is laughable.

Originally Posted by :
left sectarian division
No, it has always been there, Saddamn was just crushing it with an iron boot. No amount of US intervention (or lack thereof) can mend the Sunni-Shia divide.

And Swanson's solution to the IS problem is pathetically naive.

Yeah, because apologizing is really gonna make those IS guys just put down their arms and co-exist peacefully with everyone!

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Send journalists, aid workers, peaceworkers, human shields, and negotiators into crisis zones, understanding that this means risking lives, but fewer lives than further militarization risks.
Because IS clearly values innocent lives. What an utter moron.

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