Iraq and ISIS Discussion

SOTGWarrior said:
Kids are taught what to think, not how to think.
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There is much truth to that statement. I recently told my son that there is no more of a frightful thing to the sheep of the world than a "free thinking, non-dependant, person" who is capable of "thinking on their own."

It's truly a shame. I am doing my best to change that one person at a time. After all, we all have a "circle of influence."
 
Agoge said:
There is much truth to that statement. I recently told my son that there is no more of a frightful thing to the sheep of the world than a "free thinking, non-dependant, person" who is capable of "thinking on their own."

It's truly a shame. I am doing my best to change that one person at a time. After all, we all have a "circle of influence."
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When I'm not harping on situational awareness, I'm always on Smallish Child about "does that sound like it makes sense or is the right thing to do? Why or why not?" She hates me for it now, but I'm hoping that it pays off in the near future. We've already had the "Islam is as fucked up as a football bat" discussion, so I'm holding out hope that it's slowly sinking in.
 
racing_kitty said:
When I'm not harping on situational awareness, I'm always on Smallish Child about "does that sound like it makes sense or is the right thing to do? Why or why not?" She hates me for it now, but I'm hoping that it pays off in the near future. We've already had the "Islam is as fucked up as a football bat" discussion, so I'm holding out hope that it's slowly sinking in.
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My son just turned 20 and is a junior in college now. I have often wondered how much he listend to my "babblings". About three or four months ago, he came into my room to talk to me and his mom. He actually said, "Now I know why you and mom taught me the way you did." He is very "aware." I always taught him to use that term instead of "paranoid." I must boast a bit and say that he is light-years ahead of those he hangs around. I hope that things change in his generation and that the younger people begin to pay attention to what is happening around them. Sooner or later, they are going to wake up and find themselves involved in some sort of a conflict in one way or another.
 
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CQB said:
why not invite ISIL head Mr. al Bagdadi...
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Why not invite Mr Bagdadi's head? :sneaky:

POTUS goes to CENTCOM today to discuss "the President's strategy with his top commanders" (White House Press Release) on "degrading and defeating ISIL." There's the buzz phrase that's destined to haunt this endeavor: degrade and defeat. ISIL's one tentacle of the multi-limbed beast. Cut it off and another grows in it's place. Gen McChrystal has sensible ideas based on experience but I think he's enough of a realist to know "defeat" in this kind of struggle is a meaningless word. There's a saying that victory in counter-insurgency warfare is spelled STALEMATE. Hopefully, we can do better than that with the right people driving the bus.
 
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The moment I see an increased number of Arabs hanging out by the student VA office, I'm taking pictures and braving a stalking charge as I recon their residences/transportation means. I'll be damned if I'm taking it lying down.

*Edited to correct a ghastly spelling error.
 
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@Hillclimb, what's your reasoning behind disagreeing with my post? Do you not think the threat is legitimate, or do you think it doesn't matter how open people are about being in the military?

pardus said:
One reason why my car is sterile.
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I had a small USAF TACP sticker on my rear window that I scraped off before leaving work today. No reason to be an easy target.
 
I'll keep my master wings, and SOWT sticker on (the DV plates kind of give it away anyway).

I think ISIS plays the internet knowing Fox/CNN and talk shows will pick it up.
I hope they pick an easy target who is a 3rd Degree Black Belt and the person next to the Black belt is armed with anger management issues.
These people are (IMO) internet commandoes, who cry like the bitches they are when caught.
 
pardus said:
One reason why my car is sterile.
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So it matches the driver?

Fuck them. Come at me bro doesn't adequately fill my feelings for them trying to slickjack someone stateside. Fucking come at me.

Kid was saying she was scared of "the dark trees" while we were offroading towards dusk time last night... she doesn't know the trees are scared of me, so she shouldn't be.
 

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