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Old 02-26-2015, 10:42 AM   #1086
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As twisted as it sounds I would like to see, for one day, a major Western force fight ISIS with the same rules of engagement that ISIS fights will. Ignore popular opinion, ignore international law, ignore moral stances. Just one day, to see what would happen.

/morbidcuriosity
Are you wondering aloud if this approach might affect morale or commitment among ISIL recruits and sympathisers? I can assure you that the only harden their resolve. Religious movements and ideologies tend to thrive under persecution.

This would be a very, very bad idea.
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