bobmcfc said:
You reported the sad news and you had an opinion on the matter too. It wasn't controversial (I don't share your opinion) and you are entitled to hold your view and I'm actually saddened by the vitriol aimed at you but I guess it's a case of shooting the messenger. People need to pack in the abuse right now
Thank you Bob xx
Would genuinely like to know what ive said you disagree with tho?
I just cant abide people on here knee jerking about blitzing the place with bombs or nuking them etc. Calling for British troops to be sent to fight an unwinnable war again. How can anyone think that "boots on the ground" is the right thing? It did not work in Afghanistan or Iraq and it wont work now. I dont want anymore money wasted, like the billions that already have been, i dont want anymore british soldiers killed,limbs blown off or mentally damaged.
This is a religious inspired ideological Holy war. Its a showdown between Sunni and Shia that goes back to the time of the Prophets death. The whole Muslim world, especially the Sunnis have been repressed for so long by the Dictators, now they have fallen like dominos all the pent up extremist interpretations are exploding into the open. Its NOT our fight. Its a battle that must be resolved by the Muslim world. Its not for Europeans to be deciding who is allowed to have a state and who isnt. Can anyone seriously argue that things are better now that before Bush and Blair invaded?
I just cant understand why people cannot see ISIS are baiting us out, wanting UK, US etc soldiers on the ground, where they will fight as an insurgency against us on a terrain that favours them. This is not a war we can win and shouldnt even try to. If we send troops back there ISIS will gain more followers and sympthasisers among the people because they will say, "look its the crusaders coming back to repress and kill Muslims again". For a region that for the last decade has only known US and UK bombing them into submission it will resonate.
Before anyone thinks extremist ideology can be defeated by the military, remember this: all of the people who founded and are now leading the ISIS, have at some point been incarcerated in huge American prisons set up in Iraq during the Bush Blair era when thousands of Muslim men were jailed for indefinite periods of time. The minute you kill one ten more will be radicalised.