[iontheball]

He is there legally. Why is the US there illegally supporting radical jihadis?
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Now, will international law experts explain this one? Talk about crazy strategic strategy. Under international law, the U.S. and other participants have willy nilly invaded Syrian territory. And their priority in doing so is to act as international policeman to take out the brutal dictator Assad. You would think the world has more to fear with Assad being in control than ISIS. Let's get our priorities straight for a change. I do not recall Assad being an international threat to our national security the way ISIS is. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to realize that only iron fisted dictators can maintain any semblance of order in Islamic populated territory. Otherwise, the normal Islam order prevails, which is the tribal state to kill or be killed that has gone on for millennia.

[citizen]

“You do not need to be a rocket scientist to realize that only iron fisted dictators [like Assad] can maintain any semblance of order in Islamic populated territory. Otherwise, the normal Islam order prevails, which is the tribal state to kill or be killed that has gone on for millennia.”

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Yes to that.