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2014-11-16 Iraq

Islamic State claims it has beheaded US hostage Kassig

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-11-16 05:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Kassig was a convert to Islam. The 'religion of peace and love' version of Islam. He went to Syria to provide aid. The other/real Islam takes him.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-11-16 07:43|| 2014-11-16 07:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Peter Kassig converted to Islam during captivity. Question: So how did worshiping the same god work as the cut throats work out?
Answer: It didn't.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-16 12:14|| 2014-11-16 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 We have somewhere on the order of 1200 ICBMs which are composed of a mix of. Minuteman 3 and Trident C-4 and D-5. They are paid for. I grow tired of these ticks. Talk me down.

Posted by Shipman 2014-11-16 12:24|| 2014-11-16 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Ship, the problem with nukes is that they are too indiscriminate. They take out square miles of territory at a time. On the other hand, a B-52 Arclight takes out only a few hundred square yards at a time.

Of course, that assumes that Obama wants to take out ISIS.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-11-16 13:14|| 2014-11-16 13:14|| Front Page Top

#5 ^only the "moderate ones"

Posted by Frank G 2014-11-16 13:38|| 2014-11-16 13:38|| Front Page Top

#6 That didn't help Rambler, especially the part about square miles. Help me.

Posted by Shipman 2014-11-16 14:00|| 2014-11-16 14:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Ship, the problem is that ISIS is close to, and in some cases intermingled with innocent people - Christians, Kurds, Yazidis. A nuke takes them all out.

An Arclight, especially on a known ISIS camp, supply convoy, or other concentration, will destroy only the evil ones.

Yeah, yeah. I know "God knows His own. Let Him sort them out". I would prefer that we did the initial sorting.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-11-16 14:22|| 2014-11-16 14:22|| Front Page Top

#8 God prefers that, too, Ram. That's why He put us here. Pull the weeds, keep His garden clean.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-16 17:10|| 2014-11-16 17:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Sometimes the weeds are so bad you have to spray the entire garden with Round-Up and dig it up. At least the innocents they're using as shields would be the last they could torment.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-16 17:32|| 2014-11-16 17:32|| Front Page Top

#10 #4 Ship, the problem with nukes is that they are too indiscriminate.

That's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-11-16 18:46|| 2014-11-16 18:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Just point General Mattis toward the bad guys and tell him "Kill boy, kill" - and the back out of the way. Problem (soon) solved.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2014-11-16 20:17|| 2014-11-16 20:17|| Front Page Top

#12 So, the ISIS/ISIL kills yet another US Citizen while also once again expressing its desire or ambition to attack-n-kill Americans in Amerika.

And the Bammer is still watching from the sidelines.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-11-16 20:58|| 2014-11-16 20:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Nation States have a place here. Islamic Nation States will fail to exist if they let this run it's course.

What a NASTY religion that is. Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of shit.

Posted by newc 2014-11-16 22:09|| 2014-11-16 22:09|| Front Page Top

#14 time 4 Targeted assassinations the resources are available

Posted by Guillibaldo Sinatra3288 2014-11-16 23:10|| 2014-11-16 23:10|| Front Page Top

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