Trump blasts Syria.

[NinersSBChamps]

How long would you have liked the troops to stay there? Indefinitely?

I was looking for real estate there myself..

[Krgrecw]

How long would you have liked the troops to stay there? Indefinitely?

<tongue in cheek>Until the mission was accomplished?</tongue in cheek>

How many soldiers do we still have in Colombia decades later? Japan? Germany?

[thethe]

10 years ago Europe thought terrorism was no big deal.

[Oklahomahawk]

I'm only going after Obama hard on foreign policy because, to me, it's his Achilles and I'm tired of watching people dance around the fire.

Take Bill Clinton and stack him against Obama.

Is there any question of who the better diplomat was? Granted, Clinton had some major snafus (North Korea, Bin Laden, Cuba, Bosnia) ... but he was much more proactive abroad than Obama, who history will ultimately remember as an isolationist.

I don't really have any major issues with this. I think I've already stated as much.

[zitothebrave]

10 years ago Europe thought terrorism was no big deal.

It still isn't. IN all of the EU there were 151 deaths from Terrorism.

[thethe]

It still isn't. IN all of the EU there were 151 deaths from Terrorism.

What's the increase percentage? Love how you act as if 151 is an acceptable number.

[zitothebrave]

Sich a foolish comparison. Get out from under your rock and realize the world we live in today.

I do realize the world we live in. You're about 15 times more likely ot die from choking on food, than from Terrorism. #Warontoughmeat

[zitothebrave]

No....you didn't.

Yes I did. Here's one example

http://www.chopcountry.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3065

And another

http://www.chopcountry.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2858

And that's just with a cursory look. I'm sure I did much worse.

[Oklahomahawk]

ISILas a name isnrrelevant. It's Islam that is causing all of this.

Those they've beheaded might disagree, but I'd just add radical to Islam. Even at an ahole rate of 10% that would still be at least 100 million potential murderers. we all need to do a better job of encouraging the 90% who aren't a problem. They already try we just haven't done enough to help/encourage them and if we were to play our cards right maybe even report them when that needs to be done.

[zitothebrave]

What's the increase percentage? Love how you act as if 151 is an acceptable number.

Considering there's a population of 508M in the EU, yeah it's not a big deal.

As far as increase

http://www.datagraver.com/case/peopl...rope-1970-2015

So it's up now, after being down, after being up, but nowhere close to 70s or 80s.

[Hawk]

It still isn't. IN all of the EU there were 151 deaths from Terrorism.

Good grief.

[zitothebrave]

Good grief.

Facts aren't agreeing with you?

[Hawk]

Facts aren't agreeing with you?

I'm dumbfounded.

[Hawk]

Guys, terrorism is not a threat because only 150 died from it in the EU (the year is completely unimportant).

[Oklahomahawk]

Guys, terrorism is not a threat because only 150 died from it in the EU (the year is completely unimportant).

I'm not arguing with you. You probably weren't talking to me but I'm all for going after terrorists though I do not know if any single part (let alone all) of what we did the other night did any good at all. Nobody seems to be giving out much in the way of evidence, results, etc.

[sturg33]

[sturg33]

I would love for julio, hawk, & others to read this article and address some of the key points in it.

It's a long one but a good one

LINK

[weso1]

I do realize the world we live in. You're about 15 times more likely ot die from choking on food, than from Terrorism. #Warontoughmeat

Being irrationally afraid of terrorism is pretty silly, but comparing food to groups of people who are actively trying to murder westerners is just as silly. You can't just ignore terrorism or you're going to get another 9/11.

[zitothebrave]

Guys, terrorism is not a threat because only 150 died from it in the EU (the year is completely unimportant).

Last year. The violent bloody year if you believe the media.

From 1970-2015 Terrorism killed 10,537 people, or about 240 a year. With most of the violence happening in the 70s and 80s.

And that is all of EUrope, including Russia.

Which even if all 10K deaths happened in 1 year, Europe, has a population of 700M. 10K deaths in 700M is insignificant.

But hey lets go bomb and destabilize other parts of the world. Because of freedom!

[zitothebrave]

Being irrationally afraid of terrorism is pretty silly, but comparing food to groups of people who are actively trying to murder westerners is just as silly. You can't just ignore terrorism or you're going to get another 9/11.

Terrorism isn't something you should ignore, but it's not a war that you go out and attack. It's a defense shielding system. Attacking them kills civilians which rallies people to the cause.