ISIS war sounds like a money scam

by EndofMysteries 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  EndofMysteries

  Ok, if you have been reading news reports, they are saying it will take years to defeat ISIS.

  Maybe somebody can explain to me how that is so after considering what I've been led to believe are the facts.

  1. ISIS spreads and takes over cities and military camps by hording and overwhelming them.

  2. There are only between 10,000 and 30,000 ISIS members.

  3. We have satellites that can view even a license plate from outter space, let alone an army of black costumed idiots marching through an open desert.

  4. ISIS doesn't have control of any airspace nor military jets and fighters.

  5. There are now supposedly many countries joining in to fight them.

  Considering all of those facts, if ISIS is alone in any camps currently, bomb them, if they are in cities, the moment they horde and march to another, bomb them.

  With satellites, multi billion dollar military airplanes, and the most advanced weaponry and tracking/targeting systems, ISIS shouldn't be able to move a mile out of any city or location they are at without having their armies eradicated on the spot by some video game playing dork who is playing call of duty 24/7 in a comfy office at Mcdill airforce base monitoring satallite images and watching to press the button that says, "press me" when he sees them leave camp.

  So considering that the military industrial complex leaders were crying because they weren't getting a raise this year with their 500billion a year, it seems convinient for them to pass a few bucks to the political leaders pockets to exaggerate and throw a whole bunch of money their way. They are probably also the ones pushing to arm the syrian rebels who somehow end up being ISIS members and end up getting the arms.

  What am I not seeing cprrectly?
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  Simon

  I think the 30k is a gross under estimation. They have taken over much of Iraq and Syria ... how long did it take the US to do the same? The problem is that the Iraqi regime has been systematically dismantled so appears incapable of fighting them. A base was overrun just 25 miles from Bahgdad yesterday. This seems to be more than a small stadium full of rowdies.

  Whatever we believe about all the impressive technology, that's all to fight a big war against equal units - it's impossible to control a town or city from the seat of a bomber or fighter. Ultimately, to do this involves people on the ground and no one wants to go there but I think that's where things will end up.
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  baltar447

  Just remember the age old oxymoron: Military Intelligence
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  Qcmbr

  The economy exists to allocate scare resources and companies will channel supply to places of demand. It is an inevitable consequence of war (the single most effective consumer of resources) that profit will be made. It is not too far fetched to see that many businesses will have a vested interest in war. What is missing is the role we play in a democratic nation. Each and everyone of us contributes to the government we have at the ballot box and how we use our freedom of speech. Economically we are fighting for oil (never forget how important that is in feeding and clothing us all - if you don't think it's worth securing then you haven't thought through the bloody and society collapsing alternatives) but the way we fight war is in our hands. If enough of us want to fight using only drones we can bring soldiers home. If enough of us want boots on the ground to get revenge for incident x or to impose our will then it will happen. Business may lobby and may bribe but they cannot subvert the will of the people - we do that all by ourselves by apathy or knee jerk politics.

  Oh and 30000 soldiers spread across tens of thousands of miles of mixed terrain who look and are armed the same as the local populace and are fed by a constant stream of disenfranchised young people fooled or forced into a war they can't win on the field but can win by barbarism and hiding - pause for breath - is awfully difficult to beat by carpet bombs and spy satellites.
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  yadda yadda 2

  Considering all of those facts, if ISIS is alone in any camps currently, bomb them, if they are in cities, the moment they horde and march to another, bomb them.

  Christ, you think it's as simple as that? Just 'bomb them' when they are 'alone' amongst innocent civilians and women and children in the camps and cities they are occupying?

  What, Iron Man is going to fly down and zap them? Go back to playing your video games.

  They have now started bombing them when they are isolated in case you didn't notice.
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  EndofMysteries

  yadda, did you miss the part where I said, " Considering all of those facts, if ISIS is alone in any camps currently, bomb them, if they are in cities, the moment they horde and march to another, bomb them."

  Nowhere did I say to bomb the cities they were occupying, but they must leave and cross open desert to get to another city to take over, and seeing that mass of black cockroaches on the light brown sand with nothing inbetween would make for a good target with no civilian casualites.