Paris attacks: The terrorist strategy

Friday, November 27th 2015 - 12:04 UTC

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By Gwynne Dyer - As always after a major terrorist attack on the West, the right question to ask after the slaughter in Paris is: what were the strategic aims behind the attack? This requires getting your head around the concept that terrorists have rational strategies, but once you have done that the motives behind the attacks are easy to figure out. It also becomes clear that the motives have changed. Read full article

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Conqueror
This should tell us all a number of things. First, that ISIL/ISIS/Daesh is NOT a US construct. Arabs are notably untrustworthy and Islam just makes things worse. Everyone knows that a war cannot be won by air power alone. Someone has to go in, take the territory away from the enemy, stand on it. The main aim of air power must therefore be degradation of military equipment and funding. The largest organised opposition force must be the Peshmerga. But the most important feature should be attitude. The terrorists have shown that they are quite willing to kill those in their ranks that just want to escape. Despite the screams of the do-gooders, that attitude of the Peshmerga must be to kill. Do any one of these fanatic jihadists deserve to live? Local people might have to evacuate by sneaking away. The Peshmerga are probably in the best position to distinguish between local people and jihadists. What's the battle plan? Bomb and missile everything that moves. Collect intelligence. Then bomb and missile everything that doesn't move. Peshmerga ground troops shooting everything that moves. And “afterwards”? It must be remembered that, after WW2, American, British, French and even Russian forces occupied Germany. Agree that the Kurds can occupy everything previously occupied by the jihadists. So that they can kill any “survivors”. A clear understanding that the Kurds will be reasonable and negotiate acceptable borders for Kurdistan. Perhaps the Peshmerga might like to exterminate other jihadists elsewhere.
Nov 27th, 2015 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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gordo1
Who is Gwynne Dyer?
Nov 27th, 2015 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
Gwynne Dyer article has been posted previously on this site. He wrote in the Georgia Straight which was a free paper of Vancouver, B.C's hip culture in the sixtes. It was also closely associated with Green Peace.
http://gwynnedyer.com
Nov 28th, 2015 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Don't call the murdering scum, lsis.
The Lady lsis was the ancient Egyptian Goddess of women & healing & the wife of Osiris.
Other than that, Conqueror makes a lot of sense in this post.
Nov 28th, 2015 - 09:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Apparently the EU masters will give turkey 3.5 billion and free visa entry to Europe, plus a fast track entry to Europe
if talks go ok soon,

millions of Turks running around Europe legally
bad karma, very bad...
yes its Sunday again..
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