BartSimpson BartSimpson:
Sunnyways Sunnyways:
The current phase of radical Islam will rise and fall of its own accord as these societies adjust to change but it will take at least a generation. A military solution is not feasible.
A military solution is feasible but our leaders and too many in our societies are unwilling to employ the military to deliver an annihilating and devastating defeat to these vermin.
We can defeat these people and their ideologies but we're not willing to employ the levels of brutality and savagery that are required to defeat brutal savages.
Sounds a bit drastic. Radical Islam is a manageable problem. Russia and China are far more important. Russia can still destroy the world and China may dominate it. Right now, continuing to support the Kurdish-led SDF sounds like the best option to degrade ISIS further. As things stand, it looks the West will betray the Kurds yet again.:
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Hulusi Akar, the Turkish defence minister, said Kurdish fighters "will be buried in their ditches" when Turkish troops advance against them.
US officials have long feared that if the Kurds are attacked by Turkey in northern Syria they would abandon the fight against Isil in the east to protect their northern heartland.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the SDF's largest force, has already begun moving fighters.
One YPG fighter told 'The Daily Telegraph': "All Kurds expected this to happen at some point, but not like this, not in a tweet with no real explanation, just after Turkey threatens the Kurds with a massacre.
"The Kurds are getting the short end of the stick yet again, and this proves Kurds can't really trust Americans."
"The Kurds will be left alone to face Erdogan or allow Assad's regime backed by Iran and Russia to move into their territory," said Diliman Abdulkader, director of the Kurdish Project at the Endowment for Middle East Truth.
Appearing to take advantage of Mr Trump's announcement, Isil launched a major counterattack on the town of Hajin, which had been captured by the SDF last week.
US diplomats began evacuating Syria immediately after Mr Trump's announcement.
Israeli officials have warned the US withdrawal will allow Iran to entrench itself more deeply in Syria.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, avoided criticising Mr Trump but said Israel would "increase" its efforts against Iran in Syria.
Moshe Kahlon, Israel's finance minister, was more blunt. "The American decision is not good," he said. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
And I see Mattis has had enough:
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ ... index.html
CKA Uber 
