#1
Auster has some good points. Judging from the pushback on Trump from all sides, there might be some difficulty in implementing these points. A few more radical Muslim-related mass shootings, bombings, etc. and there might be a change of heart.
[Tammy Bruce-Wash Times] Last week the local news team at a Chicago television station shockingly used a Nazi symbol used to identify and isolate Jews as their graphic for their coverage of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
The badge used in the picture above the anchor's left shoulder is the infamous Nazi badge of the Star of David with the word "Jude" in the middle, German for "Jew." While the Nazis required all Jews to wear the identifying symbol, the picture WGN aired was of the badge on the blue and white striped concentration camp prisoner uniform.
In these days of unabashed Jew-hatred wrought by Islamist tyrants, and our own president and the Democratic Party fostering an increasingly hostile attitude toward Israel, an initial reaction that this might have been a deliberate act is understandable.
Yet, that wasn't the case. WGN issued an apology in part noting, "Regrettably, we failed to recognize that the image was an offensive Nazi symbol. We are extremely embarrassed and we deeply apologize to our viewers and to the Jewish community for this mistake. Ignorance is not an excuse. Please know we are reviewing our in house policies and changes have already been made to make sure a hurtful oversight like this never happens again."
I believe them, and it sounds like someone lost their job.
The truth of the matter, and frightening in its own context, is this debacle illustrates learned ignorance, the hallmark of liberal control of our public school system and the academy.
This may be part of the 'Burg's Firm Grasp of the Obvious Dept., but here goes:
[JerryPournelle.com] President Obama apparently simply doesn't know that the Caliphate is growing rapidly. He thinks a thousand Special Forces and some arms aid to a few Sunni States, plus some charm played to Iran will take care of the entire Middle East. He thinks his strategy is working, when it is clear to nearly everyone else that it has failed and is failing.
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The goal [should be] is overwhelming force and utter victory including ruthless pursuit. The Caliphate cannot be allowed to own and rule any territory; they must be forced to go underground, where they may exist for years, but their legitimacy as a Caliphate depends on their rule applying fundamental Muslim Law as they interpret it. If they do not rule somewhere, they cannot be The Caliphate.
The only current Presidential Candidate who seems to understand this principle at this time seems to be Carly Fiorina. She does not stand high in the polls, but she seems to understand what is required in the Middle East.
It is possible that other Republicans will catch on; The Caliphate must be destroyed, its pieces given to forces not hostile to the United States - they need not like each other - and refugees settled in these protectorates. They can be protected by locals; the commitment of a long time protective force for the area is a separate problem. The Marines, deployed for one year hitches on American bases, are enough for a start, but it is a long time problem; but until the Caliphate is destroyed it will grow; and it will never be easier to destroy than now.
They have declared war on us. San Bernardino was not Pearl Harbor. The Caliphate is not powerful enough for that. Yet.
#2
#1 having been said, the opportunity is that ISIS claims it is a caliphate, controls territory, recruits new members worldwide to move to the territory, collects taxes and in many respects is a nation-state (whether or not other nation-states have extended recognition). This is not true for proto-caliphates like Pakistan. ISIS has also declared war on us.
#3
ISIS recruits jihadis from other countries? Big deal. The only threat they pose to us is when we allow people from those countries into our country. You attack ISIS in Iraq and Syria and they will do what Arabs always do, scatter and regroup later. You attack them in this country, shoot them and arrest them and send them back to their cat boxes and the problem is solved. But you are frustrated because we have a president who won't fight them at all, here or there, probably sympathizes with them.
#4
My guess is Putin understand the Caliphate. Russia has been dealing with Muslims since Stalin tranported the population of Chechnya to the middle of nowhere Kazhikstan. Putin just wants to finish off the rebels first because he won't have the same lee-way afterwards.
#3
China has been poaching Indian territory by moving border markers, among other activities, for decades. India considers China a considerably greater threat than Pakistan. By developing ties with Pakistan, China threatens India with the possibility of a two-front war, of which Pakistan cannot be unaware. And certainly Pakistan has been enthusiastic about China-provided infrastructure projects (roads and harbours) billed as supporting increased trade between the two countries.
#5
The territory China has claimed from India is so high up in the mountains as to be worthless. The territory between the two is so unruly that I'm not sure armored operations would be practical. China could simply give the territories back and champion a Security Council seat for India and they'd probably have a friend and ally no questions asked.
#6
Not that I want them to ally, I prefer to bring India solidly into the Anglosphere, I'm just saying what I think China would be wise to do. Pakistan is a loser. War with India is a loser.
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[Tammy Bruce-Wash Times] Last week the local news team at a Chicago television station shockingly used a Nazi symbol used to identify and isolate Jews as their graphic for their coverage of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
