Comment Re:Not horrific for Americans (Score 1) 645
Where do we draw the line? I'm not sure, it's hard to quantify exactly but I'd want to weight it heavily towards being pretty darn sure of hitting valid targets almost exclusively.
I understand the pragmatic need to accept collateral damage. But ISIS is an insurrection style force. Like any rebellion rising from the ranks of the populace- you CANNOT bomb it into submission. You will only strengthen its numbers. Collateral damage maybe nearly impossible to eliminate, but in a war against a popular uprising (ISIS is recruited from among the populace of the area- and outside of its area, populations that belong to the very groups it's fighting) you simply have to eliminate it. The longer it goes on, the more recruiting power every collateral kill has. Unless we're ready to just firebomb the entire fucking place into oblivion, we've got to do it the ugly way. Go in with people and catch the bad guys.
I don't think we created it
You're right- that was incorrect wording from me.
More accurately, we gave an ideology the fuel it needed to become a real problem.
We gave them their Great Satan. There's way too much blood on our hands.