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France- Major air strikes in Syria under way... (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 OP
World War Three - Here We Come cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1
That assumes ISIS has a world power as an ally and they don't. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #3
Fomenting The Divide Between Shia and Sunni - Foments That Divide Between Iran And Saudi Arabia cantbeserious Nov 2015 #6
Saudi Arabia is Sunni as are most M E nations but they aren't going to ally themselves with ISIS. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #7
Please Watch The Video Link Provided To An OP On DU cantbeserious Nov 2015 #8
The French president has no alternative to act, lest the right wing gains more power in France. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #11
One Is Not Challenging Those Actions - One Is Only Noting That More Violence In The ME cantbeserious Nov 2015 #12
Le Pen is close to advocating preventative detention. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #14
The citizens are getting restless. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #16
That's like denying that bin Laden and AQ were primarily Saudi sponsored. leveymg Nov 2015 #13
I hope they're serious about defeating Isis this time. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #15
No maybe - definitely time. 840high Nov 2015 #18
Oh, $hit. mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #2
French pilots and aircraft are top notch. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #4
Isis bit off more than they can chew LittleBlue Nov 2015 #5
My concern is as their losses on the battlefield mount the more they will turn to terror. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #10
In response uppityperson Nov 2015 #9
How many "innocents" are still in Raqqa? moondust Nov 2015 #17

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
12. One Is Not Challenging Those Actions - One Is Only Noting That More Violence In The ME
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:16 PM
Nov 2015

Leads to the possibility of WWIII.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
14. Le Pen is close to advocating preventative detention.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:21 PM
Nov 2015

What do you think President Obama would do if those attacks occurred here?

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
16. The citizens are getting restless.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:27 PM
Nov 2015

It's all fun and games creating order out of chaos, but there comes a point where they can't manage the chaos anymore and it backfires.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
13. That's like denying that bin Laden and AQ were primarily Saudi sponsored.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:18 PM
Nov 2015

What is your agenda in such denials of Saudi/GCC sponsorship of ISIS?

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
15. I hope they're serious about defeating Isis this time.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:22 PM
Nov 2015

Maybe it's time to wrap up the operation, people are starting to question the EU agenda and call for closing the borders, ousting Merkel, shutting off relations with our gulf monarchy allies. The more they allow Isis to continue and proliferate the more p*ssed off people are going to be with them.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
10. My concern is as their losses on the battlefield mount the more they will turn to terror.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:12 PM
Nov 2015

But as we learned from Al Qaeda it's hard to foster large scale terrorist attacks when you are on your heels.

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
9. In response
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:12 PM
Nov 2015
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ap-newsbreak-iraq-warned-of-attacks-before-paris-assault/


Among the other warnings cited by Iraqi officials: that the Paris attacks appear to have been planned in Raqqa, Syria — the Islamic State’s de-facto capital — where the attackers were trained specifically for this operation and with the intention of sending them to France.
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