Yes sometimes war is needed, even though we would rather not do it.Philip wrote:Other than learning from the past, in how we conduct ourselves in the present, per our policies, etc., we can't do a dang thing to change our past. Handwringing and blame, assertions and accusations past actions justify Islamists (and other) groups' present and ongoing hatreds and present committed horrors over their anger over their version of the past - clueless and total waste of time to keep blathering on about it or even listening to it. And those who use it as an excuse for such groups' ongoing plots of evil and mayhem have ZERO credibility! Those who want us to do more than learn from our past have a totally wrong focus. I believe precisely what these evil groups say they intend to do to us (and long have) as long as they exist. Meaning, we must do everything in our power to prevent them, and to eliminate them wherever necessary. If they will renounce terror, reach out in sincere peaceful overtures, then we can talk (and verify). Until then, they are forcing our hands. The cause of the conflict TODAY, is the ongoing horrors and naked aggressions of terrorist actions. People need to face that fact and stop insisting some altruistic actions and policy changes of the West would change such groups. That is an enormous fantasy! To deny these Islamist terrorist groups are evil people following evil beliefs - totally clueless. Such people will continue to try to kill us, no matter WHAT things we might do differently. Again, those willing to commit the kinds of atrocities groups like ISIS and Al Queda have sick sensibilities - don't try to rationalize their actions or figure them out with our society's best moral sensibiliities. They will hate and try to kill us regardless of our best treatment.
Making peace with violent radicals like ISIS is like making peace to a mad dog. Speak softly and carry a big stick, er, drones.