Why Stop At Isis When We Could Bomb The Whole Muslim World?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/30/isis-bomb-muslim-world-air-strikes-saudi-arabia

Has he got a point?

[B00]

No

[anotheoldgit]

Boo surely you haven't read the whole article in less than a minute?

[B00]

You're assuming I haven't already read it prior to you posting the link?

[Baldric]

/// We Could Bomb The Whole Muslim World?///

Isn't that going to have a fairly Negative Impact (no pun intended) on parts of London, Birmingham, Bolton and other UK Locations?

[Old_Geezer]

Why stop at the Islamists ? There are plenty of heretics not following the one true religion and which need to be eradicated for the sake of their own soul.

[Svejk]

he's being facetious but raises some interesting points that some people might not be aware of yet.

[Henrietta]

Hmmm.. Let's say "We" did that. Wouldn't that then open a "Void" Which could then be filled with Christian extremists or jewish extremists? What if groups then came from these Christian or Jewish "Worlds"?

Should we then carpet bomb the whole christian world? The Jewish world?

How much of a percentage of the human race would then be left?

Probably quite a lot as many denounced their religions and had a mass exodus to Hindu,Sikh , Buddhist and other "Worlds" which weren't in a for a bombing I would think.

Typical of the human race. If we can't sit around the table and reach a conclusion about it, bomb it instead.

Yep, that solves EVERYTHING...

[youngmafbog]

Seems to be a ridiculous argument put about by the anti war brigade who would rather we did nothing.

[youngmafbog]

Henrietta, take it you want boots on the ground then?

// If we can't sit around the table and reach a conclusion about it//

It is news to me that ISIS will sit around a table and discuss anything other than total annihilation of the infidel.

[naomi24]

Henrietta, there’s a fundamental flaw in your argument. No other religion demands that, on pain of death, other people convert to its way of thinking, and no other religion on earth has ambitions to rule the entire planet. If you can suggest a way in which these people can be persuaded to sit around a table to reach a successful compromise, world leaders are listening.

In answer to the OP, I fear that eventually bombs will be dropped.

[Svejk]

before I sat around the table with those lads, I'd want a bullet proof vest and a Kevlar scarf.

[youngmafbog]

I dont understand why Svejk, after all these people are member of the ROP surely according to many on AB!

[naomi24]

To paraphrase Jane Austen, a truth not universally acknowledged is that they are fascists.

[Zacs-Master]

AOG, the article is written very much Toung-in-cheek' with a sensationalist headline which the author then goes on to destroy each argument on. Please note his comment 'There are no good solutions that military intervention by the UK or the US can engineer.'

If you can't see the irony in the article, maybe you should stick to the DM?

[ludwig]

// 'There are no good solutions that military intervention by the UK or the US can engineer.' //

There are no good solutions full stop. The only choice we have is to pick a side and help it, or stay out of it altogether.

We could also stop selling arms to all the people involved, but they'd just get them from someone else.

[keyplus90]

////Henrietta, there’s a fundamental flaw in your argument. No other religion demands that, on pain of death, other people convert to its way of thinking, and no other religion on earth has ambitions to rule the entire planet.////

Yes, no other religion has ambitions to rule the entire planet. That is the reason Blair and Bush went onto invading two Muslim countries because their god wanted them to.

[tamborine]

Untrue keyplus. It all began with Iraq invading Kuwait. UAR wanted USA & UK to intervene. UAR have again sought USA & UK assistance to present unrest.

Not all muslim countries are radical, e.g. Malaysia, Turkey, Bosnia & Pakistan (believe it or not). Strange its expat Pakistanis who are radicalised ?

[Peter Pedant]

why indeed stop at Is when we could bomb the whole Muslim world ?

I have never liked those cross-eyed Sun worshippers - lets nuke them too.

[keyplus90]

American themselves asked Saddam to attack Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as they wanted a reason to jump in and occupy oil.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102395/posts

[FrogNog]

Can we bomb Rhyll in summer too then? I'm not keen on Midlanders.
Seriously.
I despair.