I personally think the ISIS folk are even worse than Osama Bin Laden. Osama was a cruel man who didn't think twice in getting innocent people killed. BUt if I were to guess, I don't think he took joy in torturing innocent people. He believed in killing to achieve a political goal. Doesn't make it right. But in the case of ISIS, we have savages who assault hostages for the sake of kicks , dumb outfits that are not as smart as they think they are(read accounts of some of the kidnappings). Time to take these psychopathic criminals out. We are talking about a bunch of Charles Mansons and their disciples. Some super smart, some dumb as rocks.
Western European countries(names self edited out since I singled out countries in a half assed way) have been a joke in combating Islamic terrorism. It doesn't mean you enter into stupid wars like Bush did. It doesn't mean you just have a photo-op march after an incident of terrorism on your soil. These guys need to show some global responsibility. But don't give in with ransoms as some European countries have done in the past. Do a better job coordinating hostage rescues. I support what we have done in the past trying to rescue hostages even if it ended in failure. Hell, I think what Jordan did was great. You kill one of our guys, we kill two of your guilty ones.
I think ISIS should be treated like a criminal outfit like those dangerous Mexican drug cartels that are so tough to bring down. Except ISIS has actually killed citizens of a lot more foreign countries and not those involved in their business. Or as part of collateral damage. So this is not a call to war. But for law enforcement and we are dealing with thousands of murderers.
This is NOT about reforming the middle east. Just targeted squads go after hostage takers and kill all the relevant people. More humane than a war. Don't aim for magical cures because it won't happen. Just lessen the number, avenge the fallen victims Osama style.
All the historical colonial powers from Europe need to take more initiative in diminishing the numbers of evil outfits like Boko Haram in Africa but get the hell out of Africa once they achieved their narrow strategy.
Now, you have ISIS being an equal opportunity monster of an outfit killing hostages from all parts of the world, including a fellow muslim in Jordan. This might sound cold, but this is the perfect kind of victim to use to wage an effort to go after ISIS. Obama needs to capitalize on this collective global anger from Jordan to France to Japan and have them share the burden in going after ISIS. Let's face it, the world does not get mobilized if it is only American and british hostages getting executed.
THey also have to consider making a deal with the devil in Assad. Assad is no angel, but is he worse than some of the other people in 3rd world countries we did business with in the past? What about Turkey? Are the US and our allies doing enough to take Turkey to task for the complacency (and possible complicity?) with respect to the ISIS problem.
Killing that Jordanian pilot was the worst thing they could have done and in a perverse way, may have helped Obama's cause in getting universal support in the fight against ISIS. One of the victims had to come from that part of the world to resonate globally and not just in Western countries. Just like Taliban overreached by killing Pakistani kids instead of Indian kids, ISIS overreached by killing a muslim pilot from Jordan. Sure, ISIS can paint him as a guy fighting for the west, but I think viscerally this will backfire on ISIS big time among the potential future soft supporters of ISIS in some parts.
This is not a pure war situation. The world needs to go after them like they go after a massive drug cartel (which we know is not easy). ISIS is no different than those brutal Mexican drug cartels. Maybe we can set up Dirty Dozen like gangs where selected convicted criminals from our prisons can make something of their lives by redeeming themselves and going after small ISIS outfits.
Granted, easier said than done. But if Obama needs to try to pull off such a feat. he sure is not going to get much help from the republicans who delight in seeing him fail or even some of his own backstabbing democratic politicians. The time is ripe for a global effort with so many of them being victimized.
Oh, and that suicide bomber lady is going to be executed. Good riddance. Dumbass woman sure has dumbass friends trying to rescue her(though I wonder if they were even serious about trying to secure her release).
Yeah, some of my thoughts here are flippant, and in the spirit of the tone of this diary, feel free to weigh in with both thoughtful and kneejerk suggestion in combating ISIS.
[UPDATE: yeah, this diary is not a well researched one. Admittedly, it's something I wrote while watching the news and wanted something done to these bastards. I really do not advocate a full scale war by our troops though I endorse limited kill squads. We got enough blood thirsty citizens and teach a lesson to anyone who dare harm a US citizen. Put them to use, I say, half kidding, half serious. ]