Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum!

King Abdullah of Jordan has swept aside any suggestion of caution in confronting Isis, declaring that his country would fight a “relentless” war against the jihadist group after the murder of one of his air-force pilots. As he arrived back in the capital, Amman, after cutting short a trip to the US to deal with the crisis facing his kingdom, he told state television: “We are waging this war to protect our faith, our values and human principles and our war for their sake will be relentless and will hit them in their own ground.” Hours earlier, Jordan had executed two prisoners connected to Isis’s terrorist predecessor, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), who had previously been sentenced to death, and more were reported to be facing execution imminently. It is good to see that finally Arab countries with the majority of Islamic faith, are realizing that ISIS is the personification of evil and must be destroyed. If the Islamic faith is ever to progress and "get with the times", then other middle-eastern nations must join Jordan to rid the world of these stone age psycopaths. Iraq seems to be the only other muslim country willing to exterminate this vermin. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) used to have a different name: al Qaeda in Iraq. US troops and allied Sunni militias defeated al Qaeda in Iraq during the post-2006 "surge" — but it didn't destroy them.Today, ISIS and al-Qaeda compete for influence over Islamist extremist groups around the world. Some experts believe ISIS may overtake al-Qaeda as the most influential group in this area globally. Since pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2004, the group's goal has been remarkably consistent: found a hardline Sunni Islamic state. As General Ray Odierno puts it: "They want complete failure of the government in Iraq. They want to establish a caliphate in Iraq." Even after ISIS split with al-Qaeda in February 2014 (in large part because ISIS was too brutal even for al-Qaeda), ISIS' goal remained the same. Today, ISIS holds a fair amount of territory in both Iraq and Syria — a mass roughly the size of Belgium. Iran says that they will never join the fight so long as the United States is involved. It’s like belling the cat: Everyone agrees it is a good idea, but no one is brave enough to make the attempt. So it is with the coalition mustering to battle the Sunni jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq & Al-Sham (ISIS). Air strikes are OK, sending in ground troops not so much. François Hollande, the French president, announced the group’s formation at a meeting in Paris two weeks ago. Twenty-five nations, plus representatives of the Arab League, the United Nations and the European Union, agreed to help Iraq in its fight against the jihadists. The battle has since between extended to Syria. The coalition must do more than air strikes and humanitarian aid if it wants to desroy ISIS. All out war MUST be waged. Had we pussy-footed like this during WW II, we would all be speaking German and Japanese right now! The coalition needs to get their shit together and put an end to this evil now! They need to realize that sometimes war is the only choice you have when your back is to the wall. G.W. Bush knew this. The King of Jordan knows this. It's time for the rest of the free world to wake up! If you want peace, prepare for war!