Retired 3-Star General Michael Flynn

[n_huffhines]

Can we just accept this bitter reality and GTFO?

“When you drop a bomb from a drone … you are going to cause more damage than you are going to cause good,” said retired three-star general Michael Flynn, who ran the Defense Intelligence Agency from July 2012 through August 2014, in an interview with Al Jazeera English’s “Head to Head” set to air July 31.

Asked by Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan whether drone attacks radicalize more terrorists than they remove from the battlefield, Flynn responded: “I don’t disagree with that.”

Retired general: Drones do more damage than good, Iraq war gave rise to ISIS | Rare

 

[FLVOL69]

Can we just accept this bitter reality and GTFO?



Retired general: Drones do more damage than good, Iraq war gave rise to ISIS | Rare

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[Sandvol]

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So true.

 

[n_huffhines]

Durp

 

[FLVOL_79]

Thats why said bomb needs to be a nuke.

 

[alexmanu]

Drone strikers alone don't "radicalize more terrorists", there are a variety of other factors that will lead a person to become a religious terrorist.

They may however stir up anti-Western sentiment. But that doesn't not automatically equal terrorism. It's the religious ideology and dogma that is at the root of Islamic terrorism.

FYI Mehdi Hasan is a leftist numpty.

 

[apevol]

I can't believe nobody has said '3 star, do not want' yet

 

[FLVOL_79]

I can't believe nobody has said '3 star, do not want' yet

+1 :good!:

 

[orangeluvr]

:whistling: It's a waste of tax payer $$ let the muslims kill each other . :idea:

 

[n_huffhines]

Drone strikers alone don't "radicalize more terrorists", there are a variety of other factors that will lead a person to become a religious terrorist.

They may however stir up anti-Western sentiment. But that doesn't not automatically equal terrorism. It's the religious ideology and dogma that is at the root of Islamic terrorism.

FYI Mehdi Hasan is a leftist numpty.

No it's not. The CIA explicitly tells us it's "blowback".

 

[alexmanu]

No it's not. The CIA explicitly tells us it's "blowback".

The CIA have explicitly said a lot of nonsense in the past.

 

[n_huffhines]

The CIA have explicitly said a lot of nonsense in the past.

Ok. Think of it logically. What would be more likely the cause of you strapping a bomb to yourself?

Religious differences?

Your brother being killed in an explosion?

 

[alexmanu]

Ok. Think of it logically. What would be more likely the cause of you strapping a bomb to yourself?

Religious differences?

Your brother being killed in an explosion?

Religious terrorism existed before Western interference in the Middle East. It might exacerbate the problem but it's not the root cause and it's disingenuous to think it is. It's true that you might be motivated to support anti-Western groups if your brother is killed but the mindset that it takes to strap a bomb to yourself and commit suicide is a direct result of strong religious interpretations. The root cause of religious terrorism is a moronic religious interpretation that many Sunni Imams openly propagate.

 

[n_huffhines]

Religious terrorism existed before Western interference in the Middle East. It might exacerbate the problem but it's not the root cause and it's disingenuous to think it is. It's true that you might be motivated to support anti-Western groups if your brother is killed but the mindset that it takes to strap a bomb to yourself and commit suicide is as a direct result of strong religious interpretations.

That's weird. I don't remember the US being a target until after the restoration of Israel and the coup in Iran.

 

[alexmanu]

That's weird. I don't remember the US being a target until after the restoration of Israel and the coup in Iran.

Terrorism as we know it today - in general - is a relatively modern phenomenon. It began with the anarchists in Tsarist Russia. So its not surprising that the US was not a target before then.

 

[n_huffhines]

Maybe terrorism as we know it is a new phenomenon because interventionism as we know it is a new phenomenon.

Religious differences are nothing new. Yeah they are contributing factors but the extremism we see today is a result of blowback.

 

[RollinVol]

I thought they became radicalized because they didn't have jobs

 

[KentheOrange]

Maybe terrorism as we know it is a new phenomenon because interventionism as we know it is a new phenomenon.

Religious differences are nothing new. Yeah they are contributing factors but the extremism we see today is a result of blowback.

You need to study the crusades, inquisition and possibly the holocaust a little more closely if you think terrorism is a new phenomenon.

 

[alexmanu]

You need to study the crusades, inquisition and possibly the holocaust a little more closely if you think terrorism is a new phenomenon.

It is, we at least terrorism studies scholars argue that it is. There isn't even a universally accepted definition of terrorism so I guess you could argue from many positions on what constitutes and constituted terrorism in the past.

 

[n_huffhines]

You need to study the crusades, inquisition and possibly the holocaust a little more closely if you think terrorism is a new phenomenon.

The Crusades was terrorism?

I clearly said that the modern brand of terrorism is new.

 

[Gramps]

I am in favor of drone strikes. I would think the military could bomb a target with more precision with the use of drones vs conventional methods.

 

[tim]

I am in favor of drone strikes. I would think the military could bomb a target with more precision with the use of drones vs conventional methods.

How do you feel about water boarding?

 

[Gramps]

How do you feel about water boarding?

I consider waterboarding torture.

 

[tim]

I consider waterboarding torture.

But bombs are humane. Gotcha.

 

[Gramps]

But bombs are humane. Gotcha.

Where did I say that?

If we are going to bomb, I prefer a drone because it should be more precise.