Smarter, and more in tune with the enemy. The Kurds mixing women soldiers in with those fighting ISIS, for instance, is brilliant use of their knowledge of what ISIS believes - if it’s true that the ISIS Muslims believe a man killed by a woman can’t go to Paradise. It’s akin with letting ISIS know that you’re drenching all your ammunition in pig fat.
We have to be smarter than the enemy. The US under the foreign enemy combatant in our White House is - at best - way too stupid to do anything but advance the cause of ISIS and their ilk. The alternative is that they’ve been allies with ISIS and their ilk all along.
But the Egyptians, Kurds, etc - they mean to win, and that means pulling out all the stops. I’m glad somebody has the will to win, and the smarts to (hopefully) make it happen. They’re not in denial, and they know the stakes are too high to let ego-games get in the way. I wish Americans would learn and get real. Apparently there’s not enough at stake yet...
And menstrual blood IS a technique of our interrogations. Can’t remember where I read it, but a woman was interrogating a terrorist who was defiant. She was instructed by the advisors who know the Muslim culture to reach into her pants, spill red ink onto her fingers, and touch the man with what he thought was menstrual blood. He cowered at the thought of his own uncleanness. It was a way to break him.
There is a reason for the adage, “Know thine enemy.”
If you think Egyptians are smarter than Americans, tell me why they need our aid.
List the world-changing Egyptian innovations and inventions over the last couple centuries.
What is the per capita ratio of flush toilets versus population?
Yeah, they're freakin' awesome.
You should move there right away.