
Originally Posted by
Talon167
Just came across two photos of a beheaded what looked to be about a 10 year old girl. Kind of hard to tell, and I didn't look very long. How one could possibly think that brutally murdering children in such a fashion is just beyond my ability to even contemplate.
I've watched my fare-share of ISIS videos, and I don't mean the youtube ones. Almost too many. But, this is the world we are living in and these are the "people" we're up against. I don't think putting our heads in the sand and pretended this isn't happening is doing anyone a favor. These pieces of shit need to be exterminated.
+1
They don't fight wars the way the West has been fighting wars for the past 400-500 years. By principal, we tend to only fight wars when there is no diplomatic option in solving a dispute. As the dispute is only supposed to be between the feuding parties, only those in direct support of the enemy can legitimately be targeted under the rules of warfare and gentlemanly behavior, care is taken to provide a reasonable amount of humane treatment to those who surrender, non-combatants, and those unlucky enough to be caught in the middle. The war is resolved when one party surrenders to the other or when mutual terms for a ceasefire are agreed upon. Once the war is over, it is generally expected that both sides will resume some form of relations, and that both sides can maintain dignity, whether they won or lost. If there is any kind of forced leadership change or occupation of the loser by the winner, it is understood that civilians will be treated kindly if they are cooperative, and even the defeated military will be given their due respect and humane treatment. This has been the case in just about every war since the end of the Middle Ages and even the Wehrmacht in WWII were generally honorable in their conduct (though the SS was another story, obviously).
The rest of the world, particularly Africa and the Middle East, is still stuck at about 700 BC in the way they conduct warfare. In the old style of warfare, both sides went for total war, and almost psychopathic brutality in their conduct. When they fight wars, they do so to either enslave, rape, and brutalize their enemies, or put them all to the sword. While the West fights wars to settle disputes, the rest of the world fights wars to slaughter their enemies and pillage all they leave behind. They have not advanced past the Assyrian or Babylonian Empires in terms of their worldview on warfare. We cannot reason with them, we will never see eye to eye with them, and no amount of wondering what quarrel they have with us is going to help us come to a mutual understanding with them.
There's only one way to deal with ISIS, and that's to do it their way: Slaughter them all. Wipe them from the face of the Earth. Yes, more will come and others will take their place, so we just have to keep killing them. It's the only way.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.-Ben Franklin
there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.-Samwise Gamgee
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