kingblaze84;7362294 said:
And we all know Assad and Iran are the only countries in the region with the balls to take on ISIS head on.
seems a LITTLE unfair, depending on what you call the region: Israel certainly does, but tends to have to sit this stuff out; countries like Jordan might not actually have the muscle to project that level of force; countries like Egypt probably would take on ISIS, no problem, depending on the specifics. in turn, Assad wouldn't be doing shit if this wasn't happening IN Syria.
kingblaze84;7362486 said:
I agree but why did Obama have to cave in to the Republicans? Obama should take a hint that most of the rest of the world doesn't want to get involved in this mess. Neither Israel, Britain, Germany, or Turkey want to do airstrikes in that region, shouldn't that give Obama a hint that MAYBE the Middle East needs to settle this civil war for itself?
this is not Obama caving to Republicans; this is either Obama caving it to people in his administration or Obama playing politics. hell, the only non-interventionists in Congress (right or wrong) seem to be Republicans.
also... considering Israel has literally conducted airstrikes in Syria during this conflict, it's likely they're not 100% anti-airstrike.
and look, whatever you think of foreign policy and Middle Eastern stuff and all the rest, if your position is "they cut off a hostage's head, so we should sit this out," it's about as weak of a position as it gets.
kingblaze84;7363455 said:
If Jordan and Turkey aren't too worried about ISIS overreaching, then we shouldn't be either. I'm not worried and nervous about ISIS the way you are, and most of the world isn't either. Why? BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS SMART ENOUGH TO MIND THEIR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS
Jordan is certainly worried about ISIS, which is why they use their intelligence operations to assist the US in times like these. come on, now. Turkey's just being prickly because they're right in the neighborhood, and maybe that's a more legitimate sign of concern, but i doubt they're not worried about ISIS on any level.
also, i really don't the "REST OF THE WORLD IS SMART ENOUGH TO MIND THEIR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS" thing when there's a limited amount of countries that COULD do a damn thing if they wanted to.