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I don't think it is possible. Unless you go medieval, and that is not a good idea.
I think there is a divide between the west and the east once again in a big way. Both sides are not themselves clear cut, as differing opinions always occur. There are terrorism supporters in the West who more or less accept deaths of people because "we did it first and there's more dead of them". Which makes no sense, as we are talking about innocent people. We should never go for revenge attacks. Attacks - yes, but on known militants and actors. I think that is the difference. And yes it matters. Some say it does not because the west kills more innocent people with their supposedly accurate strikes. While this might be true, does the intention matter? I think it does. If the West went on a killing rampage, aside MAD and avoiding China/Russia, or perhaps seeking cooperation, terrorists would all blow up.
To the question, I don't think it is even possible. These groups mainly take over places that are poor with poor education. They can be influential, promising better life or blaming others for the poverty. Propaganda works, because some of it is true to some extent. So there will always be young men and women, ready to blow themselves up. Our tolerance for such attacks is very low.
So I think what we need is to let these freedom hating groups to know we are not giving one inch and we are not even going to revenge bomb them back. West should keep taking out all the known terrorist cells and training centers and choke their finance. That would, of course, bring us to oil.
But the Saudis need to be dropped. I'd say, now the west should seek to close its ties with Russia. They have oil. Get some influence over the Eurasia region. Yes, we CAN isolate them, but beyond rhetorics, is it pragmatic? I think the West, together with Russia is too strong for anyone. Sure, we all have to give up the cold war dream and start working with a gangster... but, one thing at a time. They share the same enemy, and yeah they might back up the wrong guy in Syria but with discussions, that can be changed. Just give up the ME region and seek energy from other regions and remove conflicting interests.
And yes, that probably means we'd have to do some heated talks with Russia to settle some of the NATO/Warsaw pact. It is kind of like my daily job at the moment. Things are conflicted and in a pile of poo, so I need to dig in and fix a lot of heated things before the actual surfaced layer of crap, vomit and piss can be cleaned up. But as a result, we have a functioning colon slings poo fast, hard and accurately. And peoplw will be pissed off.
I think there is a divide between the west and the east once again in a big way. Both sides are not themselves clear cut, as differing opinions always occur. There are terrorism supporters in the West who more or less accept deaths of people because "we did it first and there's more dead of them". Which makes no sense, as we are talking about innocent people. We should never go for revenge attacks. Attacks - yes, but on known militants and actors. I think that is the difference. And yes it matters. Some say it does not because the west kills more innocent people with their supposedly accurate strikes. While this might be true, does the intention matter? I think it does. If the West went on a killing rampage, aside MAD and avoiding China/Russia, or perhaps seeking cooperation, terrorists would all blow up.
To the question, I don't think it is even possible. These groups mainly take over places that are poor with poor education. They can be influential, promising better life or blaming others for the poverty. Propaganda works, because some of it is true to some extent. So there will always be young men and women, ready to blow themselves up. Our tolerance for such attacks is very low.
So I think what we need is to let these freedom hating groups to know we are not giving one inch and we are not even going to revenge bomb them back. West should keep taking out all the known terrorist cells and training centers and choke their finance. That would, of course, bring us to oil.
But the Saudis need to be dropped. I'd say, now the west should seek to close its ties with Russia. They have oil. Get some influence over the Eurasia region. Yes, we CAN isolate them, but beyond rhetorics, is it pragmatic? I think the West, together with Russia is too strong for anyone. Sure, we all have to give up the cold war dream and start working with a gangster... but, one thing at a time. They share the same enemy, and yeah they might back up the wrong guy in Syria but with discussions, that can be changed. Just give up the ME region and seek energy from other regions and remove conflicting interests.
And yes, that probably means we'd have to do some heated talks with Russia to settle some of the NATO/Warsaw pact. It is kind of like my daily job at the moment. Things are conflicted and in a pile of poo, so I need to dig in and fix a lot of heated things before the actual surfaced layer of crap, vomit and piss can be cleaned up. But as a result, we have a functioning colon slings poo fast, hard and accurately. And peoplw will be pissed off.
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