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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 6 months ago
    My understanding was it did work in Kosovo, but it's not working in Iraq. I have not read enough about it to understand why.

    I generally am against foreign entanglements, but I'm not sure if in this case the world has to fight ISIS eventually. If that's the case, I wish the world would step up and do it. These are general bad guys that most people of the world oppose. It seems like this is a more immediate problem for countries in that region. I don't see how US gets roped into being one of the primary countries to deal with it just b/c we have a large military. It seems like a thankless job. We try to stop the bad guys, which indirectly helps some other bad guys, and we get blamed.
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    • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 9 years, 6 months ago
      I employed a guy from Bulgaria who had first hand experience with the muslims in the region. His view, before my current mindset was established, was that they were all crazy and needed to be killed. The Europeans in the region who were intimately acquainted with the muslims were equally as vicious and ruthless in combating islamic. It is their ferocity we can thank for our very limited role in Kosovo and placed us more in the role of referee. Make no mistake that Christians in that region DID NOT NEED US and would have wiped the muslms from their lands. We prevented that and now we face the same enemy.

      O is a fool to believe this would have any impact against a people who venerate death as a stepping stone to salvation. Then again, he could be deliberately helping raise the prophesied caliphate by bankrupting the country and demoralizing our military and citizens.
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      • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 6 months ago
        " was that they were all crazy and needed to be killed"
        It always occurs to me that anyone I hire might steal or reveal client secrets. It's never happened so far. I'm not sure how I would handle it if one of them confided he believed in genocide. I'd figure he wouldn't be above walking out with an oscilloscope then.
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        • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 9 years, 6 months ago
          It obvious that you haven't looked into the War in Bosnia, the genocide of Christians and muslims at each others hands. How could someone from that region during that violent time not have extreme views?

          The guy was a brilliant technician and a loyal employee and friend. His EXPERIENCE in his land shaped his perspective, which I didn't agree with then. Today I see his point and wonder just how accurate his statements were.
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