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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe RW Will Be Beating The War Drums Harder. Paris Will Define 2016 Election.
We can all count on the drumbeat for all out war increasing over the next 12 months. And if and when more and more attacks are instigated these drums will beat harder for US Divisions on the ground in Syrai, Iraq, et al. We are seeing the beginnings of such activity even now just hours after the attack in Paris. An American attack would just about guarantee war again.
The "leadership" mantra being played by GOP candidates and its allies will be to blame Obama for Syria and the rise of ISIS even though past policies caused this mess in the first place. The "lack of leadership" meme is just code for why do we not now have multiple combat divisions in the Middle East even years ago. Coupled with that bull is "we left too soon". We should have increased our footprint ten fold. Maybe even we should have OCCUPIED all those problem countries. Hell make the states of the US.
Defeating ISIS will take an international effort. Now that ISIS is upping the ante every country effected will have to bear the cost. How that effort is accomplished is hard to imagine. The Paris attack may well solidify the effort. It is now obvious that ISIS is pushing for an international reach and that prospect now cannot be ignored.
This new attack plays right into Trump and could very well help him win the GOP nomination. The GOP will be more war hawk than ever. And Trump could be more of a threat to become president than we think.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)and leaving it to Putin.
Also, we've seen this movie before. The whole war on terror just created more terror.
Much better just to cut the funding.
randys1
(16,286 posts)your typical teaparty or repub would despise.
They hate liberal, hip folks like those of that neighborhood.
But I am sure they will gladly use their dead bodies to demand a ramp up to world war 3.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)is if we have a terror attack in America in the next 12 months. Paris won't be a reason. We need to hope we are safe.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)happens, maybe closer to home. These events are now the game changers (any terrorist attack) for all elections now... well that and the guarantee of vote flipping machines at the polls.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)complete incompetence of the repug party. They can't do anything right, they have never been right about ANYTHING. I don't trust them to 'protect' anyone or anything except the profits of the rich.