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To: Bilow who wrote (803745)	8/26/2014 1:56:40 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579959

>> Are you saying that ISIS will be surprised when they discover how few US soldiers are necessary to destroy their regime? Well, it is true, Atuhalpa had a pretty big tech advantage (horses and metals, notably). My real point is that sometimes an army that looks overwhelming can lose to one that looks paltry. There is no doubt the West looks well-equipped by comparison. But this enemy will be resourceful. My view is that every day we wait makes it that much harder to defeat. I hear people talking about "carpet bombing" but stopping short of "boots on the ground." If we learned anything in Iraq it seems to me that is a naive view. There is no doubt we can defeat ISIS; my real question is whether we have the will to do it. People -- particularly the media -- are riled up about the beheading of this reporter. But they will quickly forget that when our soldiers start coming back in body bags. We have notoriously short memories.