Islamic State Crisis Megathread (ISIS/ISIL/IS) II

[USS Donald Trump]

if the United States could actually not fuck around and help the people of these nations after leveling the nations, these groups wouldn't be so attractive.

Umm we poured countless billions into helping Iraq. They squandered it. Help is pointless if they do not have a working government that is at least not completely corrupt.

No

help the people

not the government

The governments can be helped while American companies hire locals to build things, places to live, hospitals, factories, and help the people so that the government can be helped. You don't help the people of a nation by sending a government a bunch of money, you be proactive and enact the changes yourself. Its the least we owe these people.

[Novus America]

Umm we poured countless billions into helping Iraq. They squandered it. Help is pointless if they do not have a working government that is at least not completely corrupt.

No

help the people

not the government

The governments can be helped while American companies hire locals to build things, places to live, hospitals, factories, and help the people so that the government can be helped. You don't help the people of a nation by sending a government a bunch of money, you be proactive and enact the changes yourself. Its the least we owe these people.

Impossible unless we send in troops and occupy and have everything done and run by Americans. The government will just steal and run everything into the ground. And the corruption is at all levels. Who will build things? The construction companies are corrupt. Who will maintain the houses? Run the hospitals? The factories?

And why throw that money at a place like Iraq? We should be doing what you propose in Detroit. Not some place like Iraq.

[Olerand]

Umm we poured countless billions into helping Iraq. They squandered it. Help is pointless if they do not have a working government that is at least not completely corrupt.

No

help the people

not the government

The governments can be helped while American companies hire locals to build things, places to live, hospitals, factories, and help the people so that the government can be helped. You don't help the people of a nation by sending a government a bunch of money, you be proactive and enact the changes yourself. Its the least we owe these people.

What does this mean? How do you help "the people", if the State cannot be trusted?

[Zaurell]

No

help the people

not the government

The governments can be helped while American companies hire locals to build things, places to live, hospitals, factories, and help the people so that the government can be helped. You don't help the people of a nation by sending a government a bunch of money, you be proactive and enact the changes yourself. Its the least we owe these people.

What does this mean? How do you help "the people", if the State cannot be trusted?

Maybe he means their state is removed and replaced with our own?

[Rupudska]

ISIS destroys Russian supply depot, helicopters
Another link

Well if it wasn't on before, it certainly is now.

[Eisen Choras]

Here is some good news, Iraqi forces have been making ground on their siege against the Daesh in Fallujah - http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=7961

[Valaran]

Here is some good news, Iraqi forces have been making ground on their siege against the Daesh in Fallujah - http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=7961

Great stuff.
The Iraqis reckoned it would take 2-3 weeks to take the place fully (I'm taking that as a baseline-to-optimistic figure), but one can hope that such an isolated Daesh pocket might begin to collapse as they claim.

Well if it wasn't on before, it certainly is now.

Eh, Russia will replace the losses and increase airbase security. Probably not much more - I'm sure Putin currently feels confident enough about the SAA's progress. Though given the high level of security journalists allowed into Russian zones have been seeing, its a bit odd that this happened.

[Bihr]

A Jordanian pilot was burned by ISIS and now Jordan is in the fight against ISIS, so that is good. With Jordan in the fight, the fight against ISIS might be shortened.

[Cabana]

A Jordanian pilot was burned by ISIS and now Jordan is in the fight against ISIS, so that is good. With Jordan in the fight, the fight against ISIS might be shortened.

That happened in January last year.

[Bihr]

A Jordanian pilot was burned by ISIS and now Jordan is in the fight against ISIS, so that is good. With Jordan in the fight, the fight against ISIS might be shortened.

That happened in January last year.

Yeah, I'm a bit behind.

[West Aurelia]

That happened in January last year.

Yeah, I'm a bit behind.

"A bit."

[Ganos Lao]

if the United States could actually not fuck around and help the people of these nations after leveling the nations, these groups wouldn't be so attractive.

Umm we poured countless billions into helping Iraq. They squandered it. Help is pointless if they do not have a working government that is at least not completely corrupt.

[Uxupox]

Umm we poured countless billions into helping Iraq. They squandered it. Help is pointless if they do not have a working government that is at least not completely corrupt.

What kind of response is this?

[Bihr]

What kind of response is this?

His/Her response ofc

[Ganos Lao]

What kind of response is this?

Why, it's the good, old fashioned what am I reading response, of course.

[USS Donald Trump]

No

help the people

not the government

The governments can be helped while American companies hire locals to build things, places to live, hospitals, factories, and help the people so that the government can be helped. You don't help the people of a nation by sending a government a bunch of money, you be proactive and enact the changes yourself. Its the least we owe these people.

What does this mean? How do you help "the people", if the State cannot be trusted?

what part of "do it yourself" did you not understand.

[Kubra]

What does this mean? How do you help "the people", if the State cannot be trusted?

what part of "do it yourself" did you not understand.

all of it
Pls help us understand

[Uxupox]

What kind of response is this?

Why, it's the good, old fashioned what am I reading response, of course.

What kind of response is this?

His/Her response ofc

Looks very similar to shitposting.

[Seraven]

What does this mean? How do you help "the people", if the State cannot be trusted?

Maybe he means their state is removed and replaced with our own?

Maybe he means turning Iraq into the...52nd State?

[Zaurell]

Maybe he means their state is removed and replaced with our own?

Maybe he means turning Iraq into the...52nd State?

That would be fine by me.

[Gauthier]

Maybe he means turning Iraq into the...52nd State?

That would be fine by me.

And then Iraq turns into Grand Theft Auto Online as every jihadi group blows up shit there just so they can brag that they hit America directly.

[Zaurell]

That would be fine by me.

And then Iraq turns into Grand Theft Auto Online as every jihadi group blows up shit there just so they can brag that they hit America directly.

If that were to happen, we could turn Iraq into an Orwellian death trap for them.

[Ganos Lao]

Why, it's the good, old fashioned what am I reading response, of course.

His/Her response ofc

Looks very similar to shitposting.

If I was aiming to shitpost, I could've done a far better job, don't you think?

Nah, my friend, it is not shitposting.

It is merely my reaction to someone trying to shove blame onto another, you see. If America really wanted to help Iraq, America would never have invaded Iraq. It is times like these you wish the American government just overthrew people who wouldn't kiss their ass the old fashioned way - with a couple of well placed CIA agents.

But Iraq did not use American help? That's because America wasn't really interested in helping so much as "well, we fucked up by invading, we can't just bounce and look like jackasses."

Because you certainly do not help by supporting a Shiite oligarchy that represses Sunnis.

I agree with USS Donald Trump.

[Ganos Lao]

Maybe he means turning Iraq into the...52nd State?

That would be fine by me.

That's too small. If you really want to create the next big fuck up in American foreign policy, make Taiwan a US State.

[Zaurell]

That would be fine by me.

That's too small. If you really want to create the next big fuck up in American foreign policy, make Taiwan a US State.

Amusing. It obviously wouldn't be a state proper. Maybe a territory?