Where are all the captured ISIS fighters?
Anyone else wonder what they are doing with all the captured fighters who surrendered when over powered?
We have no room at the GITMO hotel and with little or no "American Boots" on the ground these fighters would not be our prisoners. I highly doubt the Muslim countries and opposition soldiers follow any form of a Geneva Convention so is it safe to assume ISIS fighters are provided a one way ticket to go meet 72 virgins who are out of this world?
We have no room at the GITMO hotel and with little or no "American Boots" on the ground these fighters would not be our prisoners. I highly doubt the Muslim countries and opposition soldiers follow any form of a Geneva Convention so is it safe to assume ISIS fighters are provided a one way ticket to go meet 72 virgins who are out of this world?
I credit the primarily British division of the mid east after WWI with many if not most of the problems and their Mem Sahib attitude. Jordan is not a natural country but splitting Kurdistan and failing to realize the inherent culture and the shia/sunni/kurdish sunni split was a disaster. Recently compounded by it's continuance and failure to split Iraq which is not a natural country like Jordan. For some reason I admire the Kurds as a nation. When Bush failed to support that policy along with the usual French/British/German influence...it was a huge mistake but..nothing to be done now - possibly.
As for the USA? The word former comes to mind more often than not. What culture we did have has been shoved aside or forgotten.
The rule of history is 200-300 years per government system. It's a good observation.
But his new law didn't limit it to a group certain just as it didn't limit arrest based on suspicion of supporting terrorism with no civil rights.
Thus sarcastic humor which I'm known for became something far more deadly than anything Tashfeen could accomplish on her own.
I lived in Winnetka, Illinois as a kid. And in the DC Area as a teen. That´s how the language sticks to me. The spelling well, I´m bilingual but definitely rusty and out of practice. I had to also take French and, well; Italian is quite similar to the Rio Platense form of speaking (in acentuation, not much more. We have a very important Italic Peninsula inmigration and culture near Buenos Aires, not the rest of the country though). As for languages well, I don´t consider myself to be a great polilinguist. It´s more what was pitched at me than anything else.
As for the Middle East, I happenned to venture some regions after 2002. Syria, Jordan, Lebannon and well, Egypt as the African proximity. Nice people, but truly a very present regime to command their way of life. Yet every country, even every town really; is different in it´s own way. The obvious is that the English occupation of Jordan makes it a much more organized country, where the French influence of Syria is what gives it it´s characterisctic urban chaos (no offense to the French, but that´s just the way it is). Actually, Bashaar Al Assad never was meant to rule (a one party nation is even more ridiculous than the bipolar US trend). His brother died in a car accident and well, this odontologist or whatever his English Studies were meant to be had him become "president" by force.
The rest well, is a bit of everything. Perspective and a more realistic version of history can only be attained in time. And today well, tenfold really. Anyhow, I hope to read more of you and debate the righteous way more often. We´ll see what time has install for me. I´m only about to turn 38 so, I´m still in the trenches myself. Good to keep it up though, and make your acquaintance. (sorry for the spelling, I even have to reconfigure my keyboard and well; I am a lazy southerner, hehe).
All the best to You and yours !
Posting Maniac I'll accept....it's like boxing. After the final bell everyone goes out for lasagna together.
I'm testing a system used by a group called Secular Progressives I was actually going to put prove it one more time.
Most of them, by training cut and run earlier.I am also glad that you continued the verbal duel.
I liked Argentina. Along with Uruguay and Chile and Bolivia but I lived and worked in Central America and from their many places. Not in diplomacy. My major area is Political Science and the second level was International Political Science with a thesis on Revolutionary and Counter Revolutionary Governments of Latin America. One of the 'bibles' as a reference is the writings of Marighella.and there was some involvement in the 60's.
I have one good friend still in Guatemala a chicken farmer. who gave me a practical lesson on why the revolutions were all.... Cuban based called the only other game in town. ...My own government was actively supporting dictatorships leaving the Castro agents provocateur an open field when we should have been doing the opposite job. He showed me a well thumbed copy of our own Constitution and asked why we weren't exporting those ideals and leaving people only one other practical choice. he had a son in the Guatemalan Army and another son with the rebels. Serendipity - I had helped train both of them in Panama.
A valuable lesson ....
Feliz Navidad belated and Feliz Ano Nuevo.
Back to dueling? On a different subject perhaps?
I´m the son of a diplomat, so I´ve been many places due to this fact. Professionally, I´m an Architect with a Post Graduate in Urban Planning, Urban Law and Landscaping as well (as well as History in Art and a bit of Physics also). Mind you, this doesn´t make me feel better than anyone though, I really value any person´s opinion and I find that average normal people have alot of insight and, primarily and most importantly; honesty. Anyway, I sincerely hope you´re alright and don´t worry, I´m not voting so you don´t have to convince me. I was just trying to see how orientated this cyber place was. Sorry for the delay too, it´s just that we all have our own fish to fry and well; mine are a complicated ex wife and a very small town, inferno like ordeal that has me very compromised since, as in all towns; envy goes a long way. Best of luck Mike !
Hasta la later Comrade.
You can't prove anything. Prove it admit it. Other than you can't spell.Prove it.
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