Ways to Reduce, or End Terrorism?

[PC2]

stop selling guns whould be a start. Doubt that one is ever gonna happen, capitalism ftw...

How do you make sure there is never a person who abuses welfare? Stop all socialism...

[Nethlord]

Ways to Reduce, or End Terrorism?

Don't vote Drumpf. Now incoming people changing it to Hillary and saying "fixed that for you" Why not be constructive with your response to my OPINIONATED STATEMENT.

What makes Drumpf the right choice? What is his foreign policy? How does he differ from the present administration? What separates him from his current political opponent(s)?

If your answer includes "Building a wall" " ""murica!" or his wholesale selling of the presidency to his VP (current news as of this posting) as valid reasons....

You really have no place at the table when it comes to legitimate discussion on present day politics.

[Adarian]

Ever notice we had no dire issues with the M.E until after the US helped develop the Taliban and AQ?

you mean other then the first three crusades, WW1, and the cold war?

[Aggrophobic]

I love the irony here.

Sorry, sarcasm does not work well on forums like these... That or I'm just bad at it.

[The Casualty]

Sorry, sarcasm does not work well on forums like these... That or I'm just bad at it.

No worries, my bad for assuming :P

[GennGreymane]

you mean other then the first three crusades, WW1, and the cold war?

Wow the US was involved in the crusades?

[Super Friendly Kitty Cat]

Don't vote Drumpf. Now incoming people changing it to Hillary and saying "fixed that for you" Why not be constructive with your response to my OPINIONATED STATEMENT.

What makes Drumpf the right choice? What is his foreign policy? How does he differ from the present administration? What separates him from his current political opponent(s)?

If your answer includes "Building a wall" " ""murica!" or his wholesale selling of the presidency to his VP (current news as of this posting) as valid reasons....

You really have no place at the table when it comes to legitimate discussion on present day politics.

Any chance of a link to a credible news outlet for this "current news" regarding Mike Pence?

[kenshin69]

At least from the M.E?

My suggestions

1. STOP FUCKING ARMING RANDOM GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PUTTING THEM IN POWER
2. STOP CREATING SAID GROUPS THAT EXIST IN 1, IF NONE ARE PRESENT
3. STOP FUNDING THE GROUPS MENTIONED IN 1 AND 2
4. STOP DESTABILIZING COUNTRIES WITH NO END GOAL OTHER THAN ASSISTING THE RANDOM GROUPS IN 1 AND 2
5. STOP BOMBING COUNTRIES AT THE OFF CHANCE YOU WILL KILL PEOPLE IN THE GROUPS MENTIONED IN 1 OR 2

just get rid of religion, and that will fix 90% of all things wrong with the world

[Aphrel]

How do you make sure there is never a person who abuses welfare? Stop all socialism...

And this is relevant to reducing terrorism how?

[Flurryfang]

the leaders of ISIS probably don't but their supporters most likely do. Typically, whenever you have extremist groups that are as large as ISIS or the Nazis in WW2 there is a relatively small core of real fanatics and a majority of follower type people who either got on because the alternative was death, got lured in by false promises and propaganda and are now afraid to betray their peers or people who aren't really on board with the ideology but see the groups enemies as worse.

A few months ago, there was a case of a german muslim who joined ISIS because he fell for their stories of glory and purpose in life. When he arrived at a training camp, he quickly realized that reality was very different. People where drilled like soldiers, any kind of disobedience or - even worse - behaviour not conforming to ISIS' special brand of religious rules was severely punished, cutting off hands, 100 lashings, heck even decapitation.
ISIS basically terrorized their new recruits into obedience and quite a few tried to escape only to be used as an example for the others what happens if you betray ISIS.
This german guy somehow managed to get out during his suicide bombing assignment and made his way back to german authorities.

The point is, ISIS operates in a way that isn't self-sustainable. The need new recruits and they need constant conflict for their propaganda to work.
Reducing the number of people who are poor, desperate and without any positive outlook around the world might reduce the influx of new recruits.

Seems like you misunderstood me here. Isis and other groups are easy to break down, especially when they don't have the economy to keep going, but their idea is hard to kill. The problem with these groups are, that they can still be very dangerous, even though they are at their weakest. They will lose their power to keep control of areas, sure, but the terroist attacks in the west will proberly not stop.

So how do you stop independent people, with a belief, that all people should die? Seems very hard to stop the terroist in Nice.

[Zethras]

there is no perfect world. there always needs to be balance. there can be no shadow without light.

Terrorists take the idea of balance and throws it down a flight of stairs, take its lunch money, kick your ribs in, then toss a grenade down as they leave.

[Thoughtful Trolli]

Well, you can reduce the amount of death happening in the world just by changing its name to "passing on."

[Zethras]

you mean other then the first three crusades, WW1, and the cold war?

I... I don’t even know how to respond to this.

[turboether]

Wow the US was involved in the crusades?

The US is not the only target of Islamist terrorism.

[PC2]

And this is relevant to reducing terrorism how?

In case you didn't understand the analogy, solving relatively small issues by entirely destroying larger underlying principles is counterproductive.

[Theinquisition]

Honestly, and I've been saying this from day one, we have been fighting this war incorrectly.

We have been killing the low level foot soldiers, they will never run out of them, ever. We need to srart aiming for the middle management, wherever they are. I'd like to see small sanctioned SF kill teams that can discreetly take out these guys.

Financer in SA....opps caught a bullet in the back of the head while taking a piss

Recruiter in Paris? Damn, he got run over by a truck this week

Educated engineer who trains folks how to make bombs in Pakistan, gets his throat slit while sleeping

Etc..etc..etc.

Start taking out the guys who have the skills and education to make the terrorist organizations work, and eventually they will go away. They will always have enough poor saps with a 2nd grade education who are willing to blow themselves up, the educated guys...not so much, its easier for them to send someone else to die.

We have to stop being queasy about putting in Wet work to take them out wherever they are.

[Deleted]

1) Stop meddling in the ME.
2) Mass deportation of anybody you can deport.
3) No visas/no immigration from any ME country.

[oxymoronic]

Don't vote Drumpf. Now incoming people changing it to Hillary and saying "fixed that for you" Why not be constructive with your response to my OPINIONATED STATEMENT.

What makes Drumpf the right choice? What is his foreign policy? How does he differ from the present administration? What separates him from his current political opponent(s)?

If your answer includes "Building a wall" " ""murica!" or his wholesale selling of the presidency to his VP (current news as of this posting) as valid reasons....

You really have no place at the table when it comes to legitimate discussion on present day politics.

what is drumpf?

[Zyster]

just get rid of religion, and that will fix 90% of all things wrong with the world

Have any evidence to support this assertion?

[Zethras]

Honestly, and I've been saying this from day one, we have been fighting this war incorrectly.

We have been killing the low level foot soldiers, they will never run out of them, ever. We need to srart aiming for the middle management, wherever they are. I'd like to see small sanctioned SF kill teams that can discreetly take out these guys.

Financer in SA....opps caught a bullet in the back of the head while taking a piss

Recruiter in Paris? Damn, he got run over by a truck this week

Educated engineer who trains folks how to make bombs in Pakistan, gets his throat slit while sleeping

Etc..etc..etc.

Start taking out the guys who have the skills and education to make the terrorist organizations work, and eventually they will go away. They will always have enough poor saps with a 2nd grade education who are willing to blow themselves up, the educated guys...not so much, its easier for them to send someone else to die.

We have to stop being queasy about putting in Wet work to take them out wherever they are.

This is good in theory, but it’s really slow. You have to A) find these people, without arousing suspicion, B)take them out without getting caught, and C)get out BEFORE you’re caught and executed.