tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4945165742903702816..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Battle for RaqqaStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-86052279890304450842016-06-26T14:35:55.759-07:002016-06-26T14:35:55.759-07:00Over there, our government hesitates. Here, hardl...Over there, our government hesitates. Here, hardly at all.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9223871900676665672016-06-26T12:01:18.401-07:002016-06-26T12:01:18.401-07:00The real reason is that the sickos who now run the...The real reason is that the sickos who now run the US finds the ISIS useful for undermining the Shia regimes in Syria and Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22451091854311126402016-06-26T06:04:25.434-07:002016-06-26T06:04:25.434-07:00JPL17 @June 26, 2016 at 5:54 AM:
Maybe that "...JPL17 @June 26, 2016 at 5:54 AM:<br /><br />Maybe that "transitioning" person could be a foreign exchange student and live with the First Family in the White House! I'm sure that would comfort the people of the caliphate and win us the hearts and minds of the regional leaders of the "Religion of Peace." They couldn't think anything but how wonderful, wise and merciful we are. Fun!Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4711463798641691302016-06-26T06:01:59.478-07:002016-06-26T06:01:59.478-07:00Bombing internet servers certainly sounds less exp...Bombing internet servers certainly sounds less expensive and less dangerous than bombing hydroelectric dams and flooding millions of people down river.<br /><br />On the other side, a losing ISIS could eventually choose to destroy the local tabqa dam for their own reasons, like revenge if the decide to retreat.<br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3412205/Bomb-dare-Senior-ISIS-militants-holed-Syria-s-largest-dam-high-value-prisoners-knowing-air-strikes-unleash-apocalyptic-flood.html<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76990782800365649922016-06-26T06:00:10.953-07:002016-06-26T06:00:10.953-07:00This is an Administration that uses ISIL, Instead ...This is an Administration that uses ISIL, Instead of ISIS. At what point does being concerned about the diplomatic courtesies and vagaries of the Islamic world become pandering that looks like pure weakness? Not shutting down the internet? The regional powers must think us silly, not proportional. Wanna live under the caliphate? Okay, well, it comes with a hitch... we're going to limit your ability to metasticize your movement and watch porn. That sounds like a proportional response. Our generals today sound like sociology professors <br /><br />It is amusing how we attack certain elements of our Constitutional freedoms, but protect what's really precious in others. You know, indispensable freedoms to express ourselves in the stuff that matters. Defending yourself with a gun is most suspect, but how are we to live without the precious freedom of watching porn or playing Grand Theft Auto? If GTA is "just a game," then a firearm is just an ordinary mechanical device. You can't have it both ways. Ostensibly, ordinary Raqqans need access to the Internet, but guns are uniquely bad for Americans to have in their own homes. We must reflexively redact references to ISIS figures and the "Religion of Peace," but the Little Sisters of the Poor are compelled to purchase contraception coverage, with no exclusions. I guess "free exercise" and "establishment" issues apply to the majority religion, not all religions. If that's the case, let's have shariah panels at schools to mete out discipline... some of the tenets of sharia could be useful in this regard, though the nation's most salacious teen fashion designers might think otherwise. <br /><br />My, we certainly are a generous people. Once again, our ideological, inexperienced, phony leader can't differentiate political opposition from the enemy. Very scary, indeed. Methinks Barry spent a bit too many of his formative years in Indonesia with his America-loathing mother.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90366989750826511032016-06-26T05:54:21.927-07:002016-06-26T05:54:21.927-07:00But, Stuart, the residents of Raqqa might include ...But, Stuart, the residents of Raqqa might include some poor transgendered soul who needs the Internet to get help in transitioning. Your hawkish policy would deprive this poor individual of all hope, and, as you should know by now, that's not "who we are". So Obama is just saving you from yourself. JPL17noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3762973860948844722016-06-26T05:49:44.191-07:002016-06-26T05:49:44.191-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.com