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Originally Posted by calgarywinning
I think it is a shame and I am sad for the people that were slaughtered today by the cowards.
Considering we are just after remembrance day, my grandfather who fought in the world war II is dead but would find these acts by these suicide bombers horrific.
However, he told me about the brutality of war. How, when someone decides to be evil it must be met with an opposing force that overpowers it. It's a scary concept. The Israelis who are on there little mound of dust in the middle east understand it. I don't think western or european society understands it. Allowing and accepting this as on ongoing reality is not possible in my mind.
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If the goal is not just to survive, but also to outlive the threat., the Israeli strategy is kind of questionable, as Israel is still as much a target of terrorism as ever. Were other options available for them? Unfortunaly it's impossible to know. Maybe a more diplomatic Israel would be less antagonizing. Maybe not.
As for the problem of ISIS (whether or not they're behind the attack), it's an issue that would have been solved long ago, if it wasn't for politics. ISIS isn't that big, they could be taken. But nobody wants to risk those areas (and thus all that oil) falling to the hands of their other enemies or opponents. Russians and US don't want the other sides allies to win, countries with Kurd minorities want to avoid a rise of a powerful Kurdistan, etc. etc.
Global powergames override such concerns as threat of terrorism 10 times out of 10.