Islam is a totally insane religion ( among a whole panoply of insanity ) this is it in a nutshell a:
There is a lot of discontent among Arabs that God hasn't given them a religion. Jews and Christians are catered for but the Arabs are left out...so...
Mohommed, an illiterate merchant, is visited...
You are spot on about Putin being pro the status quo in the Mid East but I think you are conflating self interest with peaceful aims. Russia has steadily lost all its influence in the region since the USSR collapsed to the point that the only friends it has are Assad and some radicals in Iran...
Perhaps I do sound like a jihadi. Perhaps I think it is about time they get what they want. Perhaps it's time for the crusade they keep banging on about. Perhaps it's time that the civilised world sorts their Islamic shit out for them?
Just saying.
Why? Do you think for one second that ISIS care about you or anyone you love? Do you think that they deserve your pity, your mercy? What do you think would happen to you if they got their paws on YOU?
If I sound like a bloke who would happily blow the lot of them to hell? Good.
OK..because if we DON'T wade in they will just leave us alone? We might as well go down with all guns blazing IMO. It's also worth pointing out that for every beard who will hate us for wiping ISIS out there is another who condemns us for letting them carry on with the beheadings , rapes and...
Well, in that case, we're f***ed good and proper. Muslims working together for peace? Good luck with that. They hate each others guts. Ever since Mohammed carked it they've been arguing and beheading about who he wanted to be in charge.
If only he'd have SAID.
....oh and ISIS must be laughing their black little hearts out over this. I hope everyone sees sense and decides to get medieval on them rather than the other powers rattling sabres down there. After all, no one would be encroaching on anyone's airspace or shooting down rescue helicopters if it...
That's a pity I was about to seek your advice on a multi million pound variable interest mortgage. I won't bother now as I'll be kissing my arse goodbye and getting pissed.
No. But I am a realist. Russia is a busted flush.
If they're waging war against civilian airliners they're fantastic. I don't reckon they are up to a shooting war with NATO.
It's like Manstein said in WW2 "on day one we take a million prisoners, and day 2 and day 3 another 2 million, after 1 week we surrender because we can't feed them all"
This. Russian military capability is severely depleted. Out of date old crap. If their jets can't evade Turkish missiles I don't think that we should be that worried.