Knights Templar vs ISIS

[GDS_Starfury]

carpet bombing B-52s aren't what one would call covert.   

[undercovergeek]

I was thinking more surgical but I get your point

[jejo68]

carpet bombing B-52s aren't what one would call covert.   

But using a B-52 with thermobaric bombs in combination with a loudspeaker that talks about gods wrath and fire from above might convert a few of the survivors :)

[LongBlade]

Speaking of Templars...

Sons of Liberty International (SOLI) is the first security contracting firm run as a non-profit. SOLI provides free security consulting and training services to vulnerable populations to enable them to defend themselves against terrorist and insurgent groups. The dedicated staff, volunteers, and funders of SOLI believe that all people have the right to self-defense and liberty regardless of their financial circumstances, and they strive to create a world in which the innocent are protected.

Recognizing the failure of the international community and governments to adequately protect the defenseless and support those struggling for freedom around the world, SOLI founder Matthew VanDyke realized the need for rapid on-the-ground action to help those whom the international system had failed. SOLI was created to enable those abandoned by the international community to take action in defense of themselves and their people, and to combat those forces that seek to harm and oppress them.

http://www.sonsoflibertyinternational.com/

[Martok]

^  Sounds like they ought to recruit Col. Hannibal & co... 

[GDS_Starfury]

Gus Team: seal

[DoctorQuest]

Why is it a bad thing for the west to acknowledge its a religious war

Because it gives ISIS more credibility than they deserve. We need to keep them labeled as terrorists and not give them EXACTLY what they want which is to promote this as a war between Islam and the infidels.

[besilarius]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/elliott-the-problem-with-modern-lawrences-of-arabia/6341560

Little Boys going to fight.

[OJsDad]

Why is it a bad thing for the west to acknowledge its a religious war

With the attitudes of many in the west when it comes to religion, they're more than likely to cheer on ISIS than be outraged.

[Centurion40]

It is a religious war, Sunni vs. Shiite.

[JasonPratt]

carpet bombing B-52s aren't what one would call covert.   

But using a B-52 with thermobaric bombs in combination with a loudspeaker that talks about gods wrath and fire from above might convert a few of the survivors :)

That was kind of my proposal from a few weeks ago in another thread: choose a military camp, or even a hill near a military camp, conventionally nuke it to high heaven for 30 minutes (a couple of kilotons equivalent), explain that that was a warning shot. Give people nearby an alert beforehand so videos of the event can go viral.

Make it mythopoeic. It wouldn't have to be specifically religious, they'd interpret it through that conceptual framework anyway.

Then start doing it to military camps (if the first wasn't a camp). We have the tech now to be pretty precise. It'll screw with their ability to mass firepower effectively at the very least, and remove soldiers and any leaders foolish enough to be there when it happens.

(In effect it's what the 'genocides' in the Biblical Canaan campaigns were about. The language was genocidal, because that's how national chronicle was reported in the Ancient Near Middle East; the effect was far more focused on military centers with an eye to getting civilians out of the way first.)

[MetalDog]

The Nusra Front takes the provincial capital of Idlib in Syria.


http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-syria-seizes-large-parts-northern-city-102702400.html

[Boggit]

the pc police would think that its racist.   ::)

It is not about race, but culture.

Like you say the pc police would think it racist, because they cannot think wider than that with their limited mindset.

Culture is not race, but it deals with identity and mindset, essentially the way you think about yourself. Religion, and race can play a part in it, but racism is not really what this is about.