Jordanian response
Jordanian response
They're pissed. If they mount the kind of accelerated response they've promised, is it a good thing?
I have to wonder if there are intelligence advantages to their newfound conviction in this matter.
I have to wonder if there are intelligence advantages to their newfound conviction in this matter.
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This is all not good. No matter which way they go. I would guess way worse with a strong offensive response. There is no "defeating" this enemy.
This is really bad. Jordan was one of the most stable places over there.
I thought I had ample time to plan a trip there someday. I would be worried being caught out, wrong place/wrong time, somewhere now.
This is really bad. Jordan was one of the most stable places over there.
I thought I had ample time to plan a trip there someday. I would be worried being caught out, wrong place/wrong time, somewhere now.
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Defeat/diminish......the key will be a concentrated effort by Muslims in the region.
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IS will have some sympathisers. It's not good, although you can understand why they are going in hard. The UK won't up the ante till after our general election in May. I have a suspicion we may get an 'event' here just before the elections to accelerate the decision to send troops back in or increase our air strikes ten fold.
Which I guess is what the Islamic State want.
Which I guess is what the Islamic State want.
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And 21 Egyptian Christians beheaded.....adorable. I am getting to the point where my last nerve is done with these people.
and Egypt responds with immediate airstrikes,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/ ... 0D20150216
and Egypt responds with immediate airstrikes,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/ ... 0D20150216
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What a wonderful world we live in. The god(s) must be delighted...
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erotic cheeses wrote:What a wonderful world we live in. The god(s) must be delighted...
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Yes, and rich with information. This environment is just too rich in nutrients for the disaffected, disavowed, and altogether insane. And since IS has re-interpreted and widely expanded the parameters/definitions of what an infidel is, they are far more dangerous. The hope that their overzealousness and zeal might destroy them is crazy to me, but this article needs to be read more than once.Bandit72 wrote:This is an interesting article
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/arc ... ts/384980/
Good find; thank you.
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and more charming news. 45 more burned to death....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31502863
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31502863
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I hope everyone dies. I'm getting closer to my wish day by day.
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The problem with this wish is that it's either trivial (everyone dies, dude... senescence is a bitch), or absurd, since the wish/hope supposes that there's a reason to hope that everyone dies, but the actualization of such a state of affairs can't satisfy the wish, because dead people can't hold onto their wishes.guysmiley wrote:I hope everyone dies. I'm getting closer to my wish day by day.
I think we should probably just not bother hoping for anything, and instead just get busy dying as nicely as possible.
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Probably the most sensible thing /thing I agree with from hyper Eva
Well said that man
Well said that man
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I hope you are suggesting 'hope' is different from 'action' in this case.Adurentibus Spina wrote:I think we should probably just not bother hoping for anything, and instead just get busy dying as nicely as possible.
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Hope is really just a desire for something in the future that you want to happen out of fear that something you don't want, which you perceive as likely to happen, or to continue happening.
That desire is, for the most part, useless, because it doesn't guide action. That is, it doesn't provide good reasons to do anything. If there is a good reason to do something, it's a good reason precisely because in doing it, there's no need to hope that it works -- its being a reason is proof that it will work, all other things being equal. Humans (like other animals) tend to become very superstitious and tribal when they're frightened or angry or confused. Hence the Jordanians rallying around their "action-hero King", in the hopes that he'll magically save the entire region.
That desire is, for the most part, useless, because it doesn't guide action. That is, it doesn't provide good reasons to do anything. If there is a good reason to do something, it's a good reason precisely because in doing it, there's no need to hope that it works -- its being a reason is proof that it will work, all other things being equal. Humans (like other animals) tend to become very superstitious and tribal when they're frightened or angry or confused. Hence the Jordanians rallying around their "action-hero King", in the hopes that he'll magically save the entire region.