TonightYou
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Military sources said the number was actually much less, but nonetheless the situation is terrible. Even then, genocide happens every day, usually we shrug because their is no economic benefit most often or its the "other" to give a shit about. Part of it is framing "Christians stuck on a mountain" sounds so much better than "Muslims (kurds) stuck in mountains (which they are and have been spending years retreating from Saddam)."Before I answer you, let me address two things you say:
That's a great sentiment, amigo, and shows me again that you're the good cat I've always suspected you to be. But there's a reality about the world now that people still can't, or won't see. Probably because once they accept the facts - believe it is real, and believe it is aimed for us - their world permanently changes.
The minds that you want to convince are powerless against the tyranny that rules them. You and I have never seen the horror in our front yards that these people live with everyday. The younger Muslims are in an ever growing state of 'go along, or be killed'. Or 'watch us brutally murder your children first'. It's the working definition of terrorism, and it works.
There's one thing you have to ponder before considering what actions are to be taken, stOw. What are the consequences of no action?
40,000 people on a mountain top would be mostly dead had no action been taken. Airstrikes have helped regain territory, but now the enemy responds with the beheading card. Losing a few thousand soldiers doesn't stop them - it just delays them. From moving north - and west - and east - and south. They've photographed and posted themselves in front of the White House and at the Lincoln Tunnel. They say they're serious. Do you believe them?
What are the consequences, ultimately, of no action? You tell me.
I don't disagree with the statement of "the world is on fire", but I'd say it always has been, the question is to what degree?
St0w put it best, what really can we do but try to change hearts and minds? And that many people are subjected to this not by choice but by force, which anyone rational would say it's a terrible thing.