Should the US Declare War Against ISIS?
By angel_smiles
@Lolaze (5093)
St. Louis, Missouri
July 14, 2016 8:16pm CST
I'm watching CNN and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is being interviewed about the possibility of declaring war on ISIS. She's talking about how this is a very different kind of war and how people liken it to World War 3. Do you think the USA should declare an all out war on ISIS and go into Syria to fight them on the ground? Or would that just make things worse?
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
15 Jul 16
This doesn't make much sense to me. ISIS is not a country, and is not in one location. Our next door neighbors may be affiliated with ISIS. They are everywhere. How do you declare war on that???
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@Mike197602 (15497)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 16
totally agree.
as a military force ISIS are nothing.
their ideology is another thing altogether.
You can't declare war on that in military terms as they are already within your own borders.
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@vandana7 (99388)
• India
15 Jul 16
@Mike197602 .. Like weapons, we need to have ideology versus ideology....you can't fight AK-47 vs. swords...like that, using AK-47 versus ideology is only going to create more anger and fresh set of murderers.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
15 Jul 16
@Mike197602 Absolutely! How do you declare war on that? Impossible.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104630)
• United States
15 Jul 16
What is with American Politicians and their want for war? I don't understand it. No, war isn't the answer. In fact, I think WAR is what the ISIS people want, would that not feed their ignorance and reason for hating us?
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
15 Jul 16
Maybe USA declares all out war with the ISIS but not to be known to public to avoid misconception by others that WW3 started that caused them to panic.
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@Mike197602 (15497)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 16
A world war means nation states at war...ISIS is not a nation state it is an ideology....and a few fighters in very specific areas.
@Mike197602 (15497)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 16
Ground troops are a bad idea.
Best thing if the US was to do anything would be step up air strikes.
There are enough fighters on the ground to defeat ISIS as a military force.
The main problem is their ideology and the amount of people trained by them.
War won't work the only thing that will is increased border controls and increased surveillance of suspected radicals.
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@ravgeetdhillon (49)
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15 Jul 16
ISIS is one of the potential threat to world's security. It has many sleeper cells in many countries around the world and can explode anytime they want. Fighting them alone in Iraq and Syria will not yield any result. US and its alliance has to make a picture perfect plan to counter this threat.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
15 Jul 16
Jesus Christ. I'm beginning to wonder about people? "People that liken it to ww3? Did she actually say that?
In my opinion isis is not a country. It isn't even a state. A different kind of conflict for certain but not anything like a war. For countries that are actually countries with governmental bodies discussion should be of prime interest first. Countries declare war not groups.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
15 Jul 16
I think the US created them, so I think the war talk is a front. That's why nothing has really been done against them. That's also why it's a felony to go over seas to fight them (through volunteering in another army or strike force). If you do, you are branded a terrorist.
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