Time to Stop ISIS: It grew because it seemed unstoppable. Our air strikes have changed that.

National Review ^ | 08/22/2014 | Charles Krauthammer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[TexasCajun]

islamo-nazies !!

[Former Proud Canadian]

Yes. Events seem to be in motion. Ominous trends abound.

And, over it all, reigns Obama. At best he is a clown. At worst he is a Marxist/moslem mole.

[skeeter]

Obama’s decision to use limited air strikes have apparently stopped ISIL, which is the least he could do as it was his Iraq and Syria policies that gave birth to them.

[JayAr36]

It grew because the idiot in the Whitehut released their leader from custody and created the ISIS.

[ctdonath2]

“Seemed unstoppable”? Nobody tried to stop it.

[iontheball]

Good points. This ISIS group, however, has one common denominator with all the other groups waging war on humanity. They strictly follow the Koran's dictates. The only way this scrooge on civilization was suppressed in the Middle East in recent times was by brutal dictators. Gen Al-Sisi is the guy from which we can learn a lesson or two. He knows them well (I believe he is a Muslim but more a strong nationalist), he keeps a close eye on them, and he bans them from any governmental activity. Islam will always remain a threat to civilization because it possesses the potential for going viral unless Islam's followers are closely watched. The belief system is inimical to a free society. Not all Muslims follow the strict Islam ideology but they all remain ticking time bombs because of the totalitarian, one world caliphate teachings.

[Yorlik803]

Round the clock ARCLIGHT missions. Make the rubble bounce.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The belief system is inimical to a free society."

This is a generational process to turn these guys. Unless the middle east is willing to crack down on the current educational system going on in the mosques and schools I am starting to think dictatorship for some of these countries is the only path to stability.

[DuncanWaring]

Tritium is our friend.

[karnage]

Cicero DID say it. Joe Cicero!

[Billthedrill]

Well, there’s a little problem with “stopping” ISIS, and it’s that they have safe havens across the Syrian border - the same Syria whose leader 0bama has been trying to unseat for the past couple of years. Our foreign policy geniuses have managed to alienate the one guy whose cooperation we need if we aren’t going to be chasing ghosts. Again.

[varyouga]

“Fat chance without boots on the ground. Ask any experienced military combat officer. The only way to rid the area of the vermin from the air is to drop a few ‘fat boys’ and eradicate everything.”

With cheap automated drones, that reality may be no more.

Imagine solar or nuclear powered drones that fly forever and continuously scan every square inch for weapons and faces through all obstructions. Such a thing was never possible with a typical air crew.

[ReaganÜberAlles]

Yes