Posted on 10/27/2019 8:56:46 PM PDT by Beave Meister
On Sundays broadcast of CNNs State of the Union, former National Intelligence Director James Clapper commented on the reported death Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS.
Clapper warned the death could galvanize ISIS.
Clapper said, What is going to be interesting is to the extent to which this negatively affects ISIS or does it galvanize ISIS, the remnants of ISIS, which still survives as an ideology and has franchises in other places besides Syria.
He added, ISIS is more than just Baghdadi, as important as he was. 14,000 to 18,000 fighters yet remaining and the franchise are branches in other places notably, Afghanistan where of course we still have forces. ISIS did participate in losing leadership. So they decentralized and groomed people to assume the role. Now I dont know that they have anybody would have the symbolic importance of Bagdadi, but I dont think we can say at this point that we can stop worrying about ISIS.
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Sun Tzu said something to the effect that wars were won by destroying your enemies will to fight.
Still history teaches that fighting Islamists will be a never ending whack a mole operation. Vigilance must be maintained.
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Its too bad we cant just make the moles extinct and solve the problem for all time.
Till parts start dropping off.
Train and bring back— from the ranks if possible, Pattons and General Pershings— who knew what it took to control these fanatic islamofascists.
Pershing, especially knew with the Moro Rebellion in the Phillipines, which was free of these monsters for over a hundred years. But now they are back— but not for the Phillipines trying to finish them off.
And the bodies left are buried in pig’s carcasses. And their homes misted with aerosolized pork fat— and announced to them that this is being done- and they are forever unclean.
Typical stuff from the dishonest left. If Trump cured cancer, the left would be complaining about all the hospitals and jobs it would hurt.
Pathetic. I have no respect for such worthless scoundrels.
Clapper? Isn’t that the Ron Popeil “invention” that lets you turn the lights on or off just by clapping your hands?
Are we going to listen to this jerk????
NO!
Or, perhaps the greater effect is suggested by the French expression that “appetite grows with eating.” If so, then killing off terrorists will encourage more killing of terrorists.
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We did not kill him.
He killed himself.
HIS choice.
So we’re not supposed to act because we’re afraid of making them mad and planning MORE terror attacks against us? Then they have us right where they want us.
Screw that. Appeasement doesn’t work either.
Might as well bomb them into hell (literally)
It is easy to understand Clapper—treason is the reason.
Clap on, Clap off, the Clapper.
YOU! Is the AL GREEN of Intelligence....DUMB AND UGLY!
Maybe we can put Clapper in prison with his friends. Gitmo.
Clapper shouldn’t stop worrying either
Liberals always claim that you have to make nice to the bad guys or they will be badder. If you kill them they will come back to kill you immediately whereas if you are sweet to them and give them what they want they will not kill you until a little later.
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