
Originally Posted by
MrSplitshot
Breaking News: Paris terrorist posed as a Syrian refugee and was in a Croatian refugee camp 30 days ago. Well, ain't that a shocker! Who didn't see this coming? I mean, really? We are so stupid. Let's bring some refugees to the U.S. as quick as we can...but don't worry...your government is vetting them to see if they are terrorists. I'm sure it's really difficult for an ISIS member to imbed and get through. All it takes is 1 to strap a bomb on and blow up a crowd of Americans, but that's none of my business.
There are around 1.6 Billion Muslims on Earth, or somewhere a bit shy of 25% of the world's population. Let's say 5% of them are "radicalized" by some standard definition of the term. (Some estimates are higher than that, based on Pew research surveys done in countries where they ask questions about how people feel about suicide bombings, etc...But, let's keep it conservative and say 5%.) Me and my calculator concludes that, yes, this means there are a grand majority of Muslims that are not a problem and don't bother anybody. They believe what they believe, which is different than me...but that's ok. I'm not some nut job that thinks everybody has to believe the same things that I do. We're cool. However, 5% of 1.6 Billion still leaves a hell of a lot of people on this planet that basically think I should die and would be happy to help that happen. Call me crazy, but I don't like people who think I should die. Neither should you. Islam may be about peace for the 95%, but it sure isn't for the 5% radicals. It's pretty hard to share a planet with people that want to kill you. For the morons that think "peace, love, and understanding" is going to change the way these 5% of 1.6 Billion people think about you...good luck with that. The world has a radical Muslim problem and peace will only come through superior firepower on this one. If the 95% of other Muslims that aren't radicalized gave a ****, they'd be up in arms too, helping us choke out their wayward brothers. We can sit around and wait for more tragedies like Paris just endured...we can wait until it happens here (again)...or we can set out to legitimately decimate the 5% of radicals wherever they exist right now...accepting the collateral damage that comes with it. If you think ISIS doesn't (1) want to do more of these attacks, and (2) want to do them on American soil...you're an idiot. For the sake of our way of life, radical Muslims that want us to die need to be eradicated. That means the full force and capabilities of the American military and her allies with a strategy that is no less than strict protection of our borders, strict intelligence to find those already in our population, and complete eradication of radical Islamic terrorists where they live...with adequate boots on the ground and rules of engagement. It also has to include taking out Assad in Syria, which means a potential showdown with Russia and Iran.
Seems pretty unlikely that diplomacy will fix this.
If we don't fix it and clear the abundance of radical Islamic evil, I worry about the world my daughter will grow up in.
I fear that WW3 could be somewhere on the horizon, sooner than later.