Drone strikes

So now you suggest a nice chat with IS rosequartz
I think not, but some people may want to

I know, I know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

You got the first bit right ab.

Annie what are your views on IS, their philosophy and how they can be neutralised (in the kindest sense) and indeed if they ought to be disuaded from their views?

mcem that's why I [sic'd] it!

I know I can't turn [sic] into a verb....

So jingle, if you dislike a poster - they pick fights but the rest discuss and disagree , oh well

You should know Anniebach. You should know.

You are always picking fights - deliberately - with people. It's horrible.

So now you suggest a nice chat with IS rosequartz, I don't think do

Bomb the Middle East, that will solve it

Well, that is a bit drastic, especially as they are busy doing that to each other and even to themselves constantly.
But no, I think it is not revenge, it is trying to get to the source of the problem.

Let's have some negotiation and a nice chat instead shall we?

What other ideas do people have?

And Gerry Adams's hypocritical remark must have made his victims' families sickened:
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/condemnation-of-paris-attacks-by-sinn-fein-branded-sickening-1-7069281

Correct Luckygirl,

mcem you are correct, but it sounds ok.

I cannot find any way of justifying that level of "collateral damage" - i.e. wholesale slaughter, assuming he figures to be accurate. This results in more recruits for IS, more hatred towards the west and an escalation in violence.

Clearly it is necessary to kill the IS leaders who are brainwashing young muslims but the intelligence and targeting have to be better than this before the action can be justified.

I think that Annie's comments are about the nature of fundamentalism as it expresses itself within any religion. It is very frightening.

The word 'worser' does not exist!

Rosequartz, so France have not upped their bombing on Syria since the killings in Paris for revenge ?

Jingle, personal attacks are childish

So we bomb the middle east , that will solve it

Their legality is highly doubtful

The sooner ISIS are blown up the better. Drone strikes are more accurate than any other type of bombs.As Soontb says, a choice of worse or even worser.

You equated soon's views to those of IS. Preposterous! Surely you can see the that? Perhaps a few more days at a retreat? Get things sorted?

Can there be a lesser evil? Or does belief in a lesser evil make it easier to tske a life ?

Incorrect grammat in last sentence - apologies.

No anniebach they do not think like stb

People who try to find reasoning behind hatred and bloodlust are misguided.

stb had got it right though
The lesser of two evils.

Or should we just give in and accept it and say that it's inevitable? The thought is horrific, but perhaps pacifists think they would be exempt from horror.
Perhaps the pacifists would be happy with Pax Romana - which in fact was peace imposed by force.
Or perhaps they have visions of becoming to be a puppet government?

Do you jingle , I do not

No. I think you owe soontobe a huge apology.

No jingle, IS too have a choice to kill or not kill, they believe their reasons for killing innocent people are the right reasons , you cannot deny this , we abhor their reasons and their actions but they believe in what they are doing.

They said the killings in Paris was revenge for France bombing Syria, therefore they believed their actions were justified.

Now France believe upping their bombing on Syria is justified ,

What a truly stupid, and horrifyingly awful thing to say, anniebach.