Would bombing ISIS into oblivion work

See Gaza

no.they will eventually need to put boots on the ground.....unfortunately

Eden - Was Americas support for these savages in Syria , all about weakening Iran and protecting  Israel ?

I don't think so but it's worth a try in my view

worth a shot nothing to lose imo

IC
weakening Iran certainly.thats number one of course on the US hit list.syria is a side show
protecting Israel ? number one ally yes I guess so 
over the yeass though I changed my mind a bit on the israel/palestine issue.yes the palestinians deserve a state but they need to stop lobbing those missiles in to israel.like it or not israel is not going away and they are going to have to work out a way to live side by side

I don't know but it would certainly give the buggers a mighty headache.

Bombing ISIS back to the dark ages? they're already there

The US has launched a second round of airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Iraq.

Rear Admiral John Kirby said a drone strike hit a mortar position near Irbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.

A further strike took place when four F/A-18 fighter jets hit a stationary convoy of seven militants' vehicles and a mortar position.

"On both runs, each aircraft dropped one laser-guided bomb making a total of eight bombs dropped on target neutralising the mortar and convoy," a Pentagon statement said.

The fresh airstrikes came after two F/A-18 planes had earlier dropped 500lb laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery unit near Irbil.

Yeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

obamha will not be popular in the East end of london tonight.

Yeah its just one big sh1t storm .

America supplies these guys with arms to overthrow Assad, but has to bomb them in Iraq.
America almost drags Britain into attacking Syria , leaving a state open for takeover and its military.
America now relies on help from Assad and Hezbollah , Israels enemies to hold back Isis and keep them out of Lebanon too.
America is allied to Nato member Turkey but must supply its very recent sworn enemy the Kurds with heavy weapons to hold back Isis.
Saudi Arabia ,Americas ally where  lot of jihadi come from put 30 k troops on border ,as is named as part of future caliphate.
Israel still pounding the Sh1t out of Gaza.

Nightmare scenario full of contradictions.

A decent precis Irish but you left out Hamas. Innocently I'm sure.

Hamas are in PEACE  talks with Israel and Egypt in case you didn't notice.

Good luck having peace talks with ISIS..

Remind us what Hamas charter wants to do with Israel. I seem to remember the word obliteration being in there somewhere.

Do you ever accept a point or do you just come back trolling the same thing over and over ad nauseam ?

Why not look at Israels charter which seems to come from the old testament ?
Why not listen to the statements from Israeli ministers who mention the words genocide  and concentration camps ?   ( yes really they do )

Why not look at the figures of who is doing the killing ?

Why not look at the map of Israel in 1947 and the map of Israel in 2014 .

I know you are getting worried , the black flag was spotted in London today ,keep your windows locked old boy

Of course I accept points Irish. I accepted that it was a decent precis of where we stand even if you'd missed a bit out. I took unbiased to task on the figures for civilian deaths in Palestie versus Hamas fighters even though you have painted me as some kind of apologist for Israel. Further on that I accepted that the figures coming from people on the other side seemed more persuasive and I've taken on board so many other points relating specifically to that particular conflict.

What points have you conceded regarding Hamas desire to wipe out Israel and what attempts have you made to understand why Israel cannot reach an accommodation with an organisation which has that as its primary goal?

Posy

How can you tell the difference between Isis and an ordinary Sunni Muslim?????

As we all know in times of war it is unavoidable that the innocent are killed.I think we have to consider the 'greater good' in this situation and unless ISIS are 'defeated' they will create a Caliphate and God help anyone living there who doesn't whole heartedly subscribe to their views.No doubt in my mind the West have created this situation by removing Saddaam in Iraq and helping to destabilise Assad in Syria. Iraq is beyond help in its present form and needs to be broken up and  an attempt should be made to restore relations with Assad as soon as possible.Because ISIS do not recognise geographical borders I foresee a state of chaos lasting way into the future.Whilst I don't think bombing is the sole answer I'd give it a go before momentum builds to such an extent that it becomes impossible and impractical.I assume that in the last few years technology has moved in and America can target with even greater accuracy than before.I wouldn't discount some Special forces attempting to take out the ISIS leadership however easier said than done.

Nuke Mecca, cut straight to the chase

I blame the parents.

They couldn't bomb the Taliban into oblivion.
And if they try it with ISIS they'll take half the civilian population with then.

.Because ISIS do not recognise geographical borders I foresee a state of chaos lasting way into the future.


So can I, but most of the borders are kind of artificial anyway and imposed outsiders.

Dr Crippen
Dr Crippen 10 Aug 14 10:41 Joined: 16 Apr 02 | Topic/replies: 16,075 | Blogger: Dr Crippen's blog
They couldn't bomb the Taliban into oblivion.

^ What I've said all week. Scattered guerrillas can't be depended upon to converge for the convenience of a conventional enemy, and it didn't work in Vietnam either.