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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    liam24 wrote: »
    Indonesia is paradise compared to most of the Middle East. And it's a Muslim country. How did that happen? Because it's been able to control its own affairs for the last few decades.

    Well the best part of Indonesia is Bali, which coincidentally is the non-muslim bit.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    liam24 wrote: »
    Indonesia is paradise compared to most of the Middle East. And it's a Muslim country. How did that happen? Because it's been able to control its own affairs for the last few decades.

    They were able to control other people's affairs too, and that wasn't exactly a paradise for those people.

    Try googling East Timor, if you want to know what a paradise Indonesia has been for its non Muslim minorities.


  • Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭liam24


    volchitsa wrote: »
    They were able to control other people's affairs too, and that wasn't exactly a paradise for those people.

    Try googling East Timor, if you want to know what a paradise Indonesia has been for its non Muslim minorities.

    Thank you for your irrelevant contribution.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    It may be irrelevant, but since you seemed to be saying that Islam can be a perfectly peaceful religion, and you gave Indonesia as an example, it seems relevant to point out that Indonesia is only moderate in comparison with places like Saudi Arabia, and that in fact non Muslims there are not tolerated in the way we in the west understand the word.

    And since I think you will find it hard to name any Muslim country where there is genuine freedom of religion, your theory that it is all the fault of the US and not related to Islam at all seems a little shaky.


  • Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭liam24


    volchitsa wrote: »
    It may be irrelevant, but since you seemed to be saying that Islam can be a perfectly peaceful religion, and you gave Indonesia as an example, it seems relevant to point out that Indonesia is only moderate in comparison with places like Saudi Arabia, and that in fact non Muslims there are not tolerated in the way we in the west understand the word.

    And since I think you will find it hard to name any Muslim country where there is genuine freedom of religion, your theory that it is all the fault of the US and not related to Islam at all seems a little shaky.

    I think French, British and US imperialism have made it worse. But you'll find a reason to contradict that as well I'm sure.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    No actually I agree. The US, in particular, made things a lot worse in the 60s and 70s when the CIA went around overthrowing "communist" (for which read "democratic but left-wing") regimes in favour of right-wing dictators.

    The reaction to 9/11 was also a disaster, possibly starting with invading Afghanistan, but certainly at the point where Bush dragged his daddy's unfinished war into things. But it was a continuation of a disastrous strategy, not the start of it.

    Which doesn't change the fact that there is a problem with Islam, because of its insistence on absolute belief, a ban on criticizing the prophet and his representants on earth etc. Christianity had to get over that decades ago, Islam hasn't, and possibly can't, unless there is a reformation. Something that looks unlikely to happen.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    I'm normally very anti-war but I'm not seeing any sort of option for dealing with scum like ISIS that doesn't involve putting plenty of boots and hardware on the ground and wiping them the fcuk out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    God, what they did was so barbaric! It's disgusting. However, I am in two minds about Jordan's reaction the old phrase "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" comes to mind. I think executing them was the wrong idea too extreme a reaction to another extreme act. I think any country cannot lose their heads against these people, basically not stoop to Isis' pathetic level. Saying that those Isis prisoners had a lot swifter and cleaner death than that poor pilot. You wonder how anyone group can be so deprived. It's like the Nazis, you can see one person doing it but an entire group of people and even some from stabler countries if you will in England and places coming over and doing that. You have to have a seriously sick personality to be able to carry out an act like that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 19,197 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    :rolleyes:

    *Unfollow Thread*

    This has gone full retard now...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    Tony EH wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    *Unfollow Thread*

    This has gone full retard now...

    Do you have an issue with what I posted? Maybe instead of insulting the thread and using nasty language you could contribute and debate your opinion like an educated and civil person? :)


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    Tony EH wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    *Unfollow Thread*

    This has gone full retard now...

    PRAISE THE LAWWWD!!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭Tugboats


    Tony EH wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    *Unfollow Thread*

    This has gone full retard now...

    Are you really announcing to a bunch of strangers on a message board that you're leaving a thread? Jesus.....


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    Tugboats wrote: »
    Are you really announcing to a bunch of strangers on a message board that you're leaving a thread? Jesus.....

    haha :D:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Tugboats wrote: »
    Are you really announcing to a bunch of strangers on a message board that you're leaving a thread? Jesus.....

    While putting on his cloak, top hat and flouncing out the door.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    volchitsa wrote: »
    It may be irrelevant, but since you seemed to be saying that Islam can be a perfectly peaceful religion, and you gave Indonesia as an example, it seems relevant to point out that Indonesia is only moderate in comparison with places like Saudi Arabia, and that in fact non Muslims there are not tolerated in the way we in the west understand the word.
    The lack of oil in indonesia might have a bearing on the matter. Western hands have been and will always meddle in the middle east for this.
    Money hungry bastids.


  • Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    evo2000 wrote: »
    haha :D:D

    Hi,
    Can you tell me why you think the Kurds are the most effective group for 'taking it to 'em' ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭Sociopath2


    shedweller wrote: »
    The lack of oil in indonesia might have a bearing on the matter. Western hands have been and will always meddle in the middle east for this.
    Money hungry bastids.

    The sooner we develop an alternative power source the better.

    The West will have energy security and can stay far far away from the middle east. The local powers can fight it out between themselves then.

    Really, if the oil ran out, very few would care what's going on in the middle east. Just as is the case with large parts of Africa that have no direct influence on us.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,804 ✭✭✭Wurzelbert


    shedweller wrote: »
    The lack of oil in indonesia might have a bearing on the matter. Western hands have been and will always meddle in the middle east for this.
    Money hungry bastids.

    indonesia does have a substantial petroleum industry in fact...though it seems to be going down the drain now...not sure where they are with fracking and all that..


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭Tugboats




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    Sociopath2 wrote: »
    The sooner we develop an alternative power source the better.

    The West will have energy security and can stay far far away from the middle east. The local powers can fight it out between themselves then.



    oil, we don't need no stinkin' oil


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    BMMachine wrote: »
    Hi,
    Can you tell me why you think the Kurds are the most effective group for 'taking it to 'em' ?

    :rolleyes: That's been answered already, do try and keep up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭rolliepoley


    Egginacup wrote: »
    No....I won't. If you're going to make wild claims then expect them to be challenged.
    The usual answer then is "I misspoke" or some drivel


    Drivel?

    Sisters' Role Off the Battlefield



    1. Raising Mujahid Children



    This is perhaps the most important role women can play in Jihad - raise their children to be brave and
    loving, courageous and sensitive, and fearing none other than Allah. Raise them as such not only in
    spirit, but also in terms of physical ability and training. And raise not only sons as such, but daughters as
    well. The key is to start instilling these values in them while they are babies. Don't wait until they are
    seven to start, for it may be too late by then! Some practical tips that most sisters can implement
    without difficulty are as follows:

    1. Tell children bedtime stories of Shuhadaa and Mujahideen. You will find many such stories from the
    life of the Prophet (peace be upon him), the Sahabah, and throughout Islamic history, including
    contemporary times.

    2. Emphasize, while disciplining young children, that they are not to hit a Muslim, but rather forgive, and
    are only to get their anger out on the enemies of Allah who fight against Muslims. Teach them the
    meaning of "Ashiddaa'u 'alal kuffari ruhamaa'u baynahum" (Strong against the disbelievers and merciful
    among themselves). Make a makeshift enemy (could be a punching bag for instance) if you have to, and
    encourage children (especially boys) to use it and build their strength as well as learn to control and
    direct their anger.

    3. Eliminate your television completely if you can (it mostly teaches shamelessness, anarchy, and
    random violence) and keep a check on the company your child is in. In addition to the largely damaging
    content of TV in general, another of its negatives is the laziness and passiveness that it breeds, and the
    mental and physical loss that it contributes to. Compare this to the healthy aspects of engaging children
    in play and sports that benefit them in terms of discipline and physical strength.



    4. If you cannot eliminate the television completely, then at least use it only to show children videos that
    will instill in them the love of Allah, the love of Islam, the love of the Mujahideen, and the love of Jihad fi
    sabeelillah. Many Islamic videos as well as military training videos are available from various sources.

    5. Only if you have acted upon items 3 and 4 above, it is a good idea to start your children young in
    terms of introducing them (through safe toys) to target-shooting. Make it very clear who their target
    should be and who their target should NOT be. This can be done through toy guns and toy military sets,
    as well as by engaging in sports that develop good hand-eye coordination, such as darts and archery. If
    you can spare the time to spend with your children and play military games with them in a fun way, and
    get them interested in these (as opposed to other largely useless, but very popular games and sports),
    then that will insha'Allah be counted as Jihad in itself (as preparation for Jihad is a part of Jihad). You can
    practice in front of them in your own home using their toys. Children learn by imitating what adults do.
    Insha'Allah you will find them interested and imitating your actions and they will become disciplined
    experts before you know it. Of course, if you own a real weapon, then please keep it totally out of young
    children's reach and don't use it in front of them either.

    6. Some sports and activities that will be an asset in Jihad training for your children (and yourselves), in
    addition to being enjoyable, healthy, and fun:

    Martial arts training

    Swimming

    Archery

    Target-shooting (with different kinds of toy weapons)

    Darts

    Horse-back riding

    Orienteering (learning to navigate your way in the woods)

    Exercise (running, jogging, push-ups, etc.) to build stamina

    Skiing

    Driving (a range of different vehicles)



    Camping / Survival Training (an excellent and enjoyable method of training!)



    7. Get your young children interested in Jihad by getting military books (preferably with pictures) and
    other similar books, CDs, videos, and by visiting web sites along with your children, and utilizing other
    internet resources. Show them the pictures of Mujahideen and encourage them to become like these
    people at the least. These activities can be done with children even as young as a couple years or even
    younger. Don't underestimate the lasting effect of what those little ears and eyes take in during the first
    few years of life! No child is ever too young to be started off on Jihad training in one form or another,
    the minimum being simple encouraging words and verses from the Qur'an that the young child will
    never forget Insha-Allah.

    8. Video games and computer games are not to be preferred over actual physical training and practical
    experience for the same reason that television is recommended against. However, if one's child has to
    have video games for whatever reason, then military video games and war strategy games that are not
    violent and graphic (if any exist!) would be preferred over other largely useless but popular video
    games. Start working on your children while they are very young, and set their priorities straight. Then
    Insha-Allah you and they will not be faced with internal battles once they start getting older and more
    involved in the 'dunya'. Perhaps they will not even want to have video games and the likes thereof,
    which is the best case. And Allah knows best.

    9. A mother knows very well the aptitude of her children. In accordance with this, she can encourage her
    children in the relevant aspects of Jihad. Note that participation in Jihad can be in various ways. For
    instance, a nuclear physicist can help strengthen the national defense system of Muslims, an expert of
    communications can assist in his role, a computer expert can dedicate his or her skills to the service of
    the Mujahideen, a news-reporter can help further the cause of Jihad by bringing authentic news to the
    world, and a doctor or nurse can help the Mujahideen in the medical aspect. Children need to be made
    clear what their goal is, as well as what it is not, by taking on any given profession - that their goal is to
    serve Allah in the highest way possible (through Jihad) and not to accumulate wealth and physical
    comforts for their own sake. It should be emphasized here that, no matter what profession is chosen,
    even if it be with the intention of Jihad, still, basic military training is a must. In fact, military training is a
    right of the children upon their parents.

    http://archive.org/stream/SistersRoleInJihad/78644461-Sister-s-Role-in-
    Jihad_djvu.txt


  • Registered Users Posts: 36,310 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    ISIS planners are not stupid. They know if they can provoke a large scale reaction, by burning people alive, it would involve a hammering from the air first and foremost. ISIS fighters would run like **** to their bunkers and caves until the initial 'softening' up abated.

    Then, when the bombing subsided, these guys would be out with Hi-Def cameras filming dead children being dug out of rubble. Within hours they'd have it slickly edited and all over every Islamist website on the internet. Cue thousands of disgruntled young men all over the world signing up to fight, local populations rallying around the resistance, millions of dollars pouring in from Saudi and Qatari benefactors, perhaps reprisals from extremists in the EU and everything becomes exponentially worse.

    Want to hand these guys a propaganda victory like that?

    Or maybe, just maybe it would be better to let them stew in their medieval ****-holes so that the rest of the region can see just how bad their lives could get if these guys gain support/ground.

    Just want to say that your posting in this thread is top notch.


  • Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    :rolleyes: That's been answered already, do try and keep up.

    where?


  • Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭Sociopath2


    Sociopath2 wrote: »
    "Who inside the region is gonna take on ISIS and win without outside help? so far the only ones i see taking it too em effectively is the kurds."

    If this is the post you're referring to, I'm reading it as they have been the most effective force fighting so far, not that they will be.

    The Iraqi army collapsed when confronted with ISIS. No other force has engaged or defeated ISIS on the scale the Peshmerga have so far.

    http://www.aawsat.net/2014/12/article55339414

    BMMachine, it was answered there and you're still getting tenses mixed up.

    He said they have been, not that they would be in the future.

    For someone who makes such a big deal about being intelligent, you're making yourself look anything but by badgering that poster over a statement you haven't grasped properly yourself.


  • Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    Sociopath2 wrote: »
    BMMachine, it was answered there and you're still getting tenses mixed up.

    He said they have been, not that they would be in the future.

    For someone who makes such a big deal about being intelligent, you're making yourself look anything but by badgering that poster over a statement you haven't grasped properly yourself.

    so, according to the leaders of the Kurdish forces, they are the only effective ones in fighting ISIS. Then the article goes on to describe a war between the two groups, one which is heavily aided by western equipment and is also a cry for more help from the west, which to be fair would be expectant of the group.
    and thats it.
    Theres no talk about how these Kurdish forces have been fighting for years and years, even generations to create their own state with their own self interests at heart.
    I don't know, it seems like self aggrandisement and propaganda more than anything of real strategy or value. But heck, you guys already swallow whole all the propaganda you like from western news sources so its not like you know a difference, right? I sincerely doubt the Kurdish forces have the ability to carry the fight to ISIS but like the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan they might make a nice chariot for western interests to ride. By the articles own admission the Kurds have taken heavy losses and casualties.

    So yeah, a throwaway article which provides little to no depth ain't gonna cut it I'm afraid. Its back to you guys knowing f**k all again :) sorry bout that


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    BMMachine wrote: »
    where?

    3 people have answered that for you so far, sociopath has dumbed it down as much as it cant be in order for you to grasp what was said...

    Give it a rest now..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭Tugboats



    Someone will be along shortly to tell you that's Western propaganda


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    BMMachine wrote: »
    so, according to the leaders of the Kurdish forces, they are the only effective ones in fighting ISIS. Then the article goes on to describe a war between the two groups, one which is heavily aided by western equipment and is also a cry for more help from the west, which to be fair would be expectant of the group.
    and thats it.
    Theres no talk about how these Kurdish forces have been fighting for years and years, even generations to create their own state with their own self interests at heart.
    I don't know, it seems like self aggrandisement and propaganda more than anything of real strategy or value. But heck, you guys already swallow whole all the propaganda you like from western news sources so its not like you know a difference, right? I sincerely doubt the Kurdish forces have the ability to carry the fight to ISIS but like the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan they might make a nice chariot for western interests to ride. By the articles own admission the Kurds have taken heavy losses and casualties.

    So yeah, a throwaway article which provides little to no depth ain't gonna cut it I'm afraid. Its back to you guys knowing f**k all again :) sorry bout that

    Not everything is propaganda or a conspiracy... take off the tin foil hat for yourself lad christ... you re getting a small bit annoying at this stage... you still havent grasped what was said to you yet your saying everyone elses knows **** all... facepalm


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