The Paris Attacks and Defeating ISIS/ISIL

I didn’t want to talk about this. Mainly because it’s being covered by every media outlet, in every country around the world. But after several rants on Social Media with people who just have no clue what they are talking about, I decided I have to talk about it. And, I don’t reference anything I write on here because the information is out there and it is very easy to find. And I’m especially not referencing this one, because if I referenced every little detail, it would be months before I finished writing this.

France. Paris. The City of Love. And this week, it became the City of Death. 132 innocent people, at last count as of today November 17 2015, lost their lives to violence and terrorism of the Islamic kind.

In the previous post, I talked about the rules for something to be classified as a terrorist attack. Let’s go through the list:

-          More than 2 casualties? Last I checked 132 is more than 2. Check.

-          Incites fear in the community? The French are terrified at the moment. The army patrols the streets, so yeah. Check.

-          Supported or carried out by a recognised terrorist group? ISIL claimed responsibility. Whether or not they actually did it is another thing but to claim it they obviously support it, so check.

We have all three rules met so it’s a terrorist attack.

Now, the common reaction to the attacks in America and here in Australia and several other nations looking at taking in refugees is “keep the fuckers out!” and various other forms of that. It’s all the same thing.

Now I am not naïve enough to think that ISIS isn’t using the refugee crisis as a tactic to insert Sleeper Cells (terrorists posing as harmless refugees but awaiting instructions from ISIS leaders) into Western Nations. But I am also not heartless enough to turn away people fleeing the hell holes they’ve left behind in hopes of starting a new and safer life. If the situation was reversed, we’d be begging Syria and Iraq to take us in. But there is a process that needs to be followed and that is where detention centres come in. They hold these refugees while keeping the nation safe while the Government determines who is a refugee and who is a terrorist.

And stop with all this “ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS!” crap. As I pointed out in the previous post, there five forms of terrorism. Muslim, or Religious, terrorism is not the only threat out there. “ALL TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIMS!” would be a little more correct, but still wrong.

And before someone even thinks of calling me a racist. This isn’t racist because Muslim isn’t a race.

The Paris attack was claimed by ISIL, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, which is different from ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. ISIL is the weaker little brother of ISIS.

So how do we fight back? How do we hurt ISIS and ISIL? Simple. We use the most powerful weapon mankind has ever conceived: the Atomic Bomb. And before you get all up about and say “But what about their culture, the innocent people?” A) Their culture is part of the problem and B) This is a war, and like it or not, there is always collateral damage on the part of innocents. Even if we invaded ISIS and ISIL territory, innocent civilians would certainly be killed as a result. “But the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of Nuclear Weapons!”. That is partially correct. The Geneva Convention and various other international treaties do restrict the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons. However, they do permit the usage of nuclear weapons under “last resort circumstances”. Now, I’m fairly sure that if you know a full scale invasion will cost you a good couple of million lives, you can claim “last resort circumstances” and drop a nuke. Take out their leadership and ISIL and ISIS turn into squabbling street gangs who are about as dangerous as a toddler with a sharp object: they appear threatening, but they’re more likely to hurt themselves than you.