ISIS in Iraq megathread

Almost 300 ISIS terrorists have been killed by the Iraqi Army in the past few hours.

ISIS is an actual state; albeit, an internationally unrecognised state. They would pose a serious threat to British soldiers and Britain would suffer many casualties; that is not even mentioning the reprisal attacks that will definitely occur in Britain if the government does dispatch the army.

Those that say "leave them to it" are just pathetic as well. In an ever more globalised world you can't just sit inside your own borders and hope the problems will go away.

Now is the time for a Western intervention.

This is all Americas and Britain's fault, I feel sorry for the innocent people in Iraq. Then they wonder why things like 9/11 occur. It was clearly deserved.

Call the KSIS or State of Bagdadhi calling then the islamic state makes me reeeeally uncomfortable.

No terrorist attack should ever be sanctioned

Whether an individual, be it a president, military or corporate leader, should be condemned for wars and aggression is up to debate. However killing innocent civilians is of the utmost repugnance and cowardice.

The Islamic fundamentalists who staged 9/11, as well as the typical Palestinian suicide bomber, are cowards for targeting innocent civilians based on the actions of their politicians.

I feel sorry for the innocent people across the world who suffer because of religious extremism, fringe ideologies and corporate greed.

But there were only Islamic fundamentalists because of America and Britain. They disposed of Iran's democratic government and replaced him with a dictator at mid 1950's. America supported Saddam Hussein for so long and provided him weapons to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranians. I won't even get on to the fact America supported the taliban and they were initially set up to disrupt other countries. America is just a bigger, more powerful version of the Taliban with less idyllic views.

I completely deplore American and British activities in the Middle East, they should not be there in the first place, but it is irrefutable that Islamic fundamentalism has existed long before the creation of either America or Britain. Religious wars have been waged for centuries, 9/11 is not only a result of American-British imperialism but of violent Islamic jihad.

Saying that 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam is like saying that the Crusades had nothing to do with Christianity.

But again, Islam was starting to modernise like Christianity until Britain and America got involved. 9/11 happened for a number of reasons and Islam is a part of it. The main reason is because America deserved it. When you destroy someones country and kill their family you will always create enemies that will replicate things like 9/11, Islam or not.

I agree with what you say, though I cannot provide the judgement that America deserved to be attacked.

There are truly evil people in every country who contribute to pain and they should be brought to justice, preferably not by assassination but through an independent court, but to condemn a whole nation and people for the actions of their politicians is unfair.

Whether its America, Iran or North Korea, one should condemn the regime, not the country and people.

This is a backlash to the actions of the west. We continuously stick our nose into other countries affairs trying to police the world and do as we please with our big old friends the USA and now we are seeing the consequences of our actions.

No it is not. We will only make things worse to the point where a major reaction will occur and we will lose lives again in the UK in an attack.

Again you're opinions just show that you are weak on defence and that you essentially are happy to negotiate with militants.

I will never apologise for Western foreign policy.

If Western troops have to go to Middle Eastern nations then so be it. It's right to get involved in other countries affairs when the situation permits it. Sovereignty is an abstract concept, you violate your sovereignty if you commit mass atrocities or put others in danger. The USA are a great nation, there will always be a hegemon in International Relations, and if it can't be the UK or the EU I'd rather it be the USA than anybody else.

Again, we'll do what we feel is best, regardless of the consequences. If new fighters rise up we'll confront them and so on. We will determine our own policy, not militants. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be fought for, and protected, and handed on to the next generation to do the same. Simply put, West is Best, most of our interventions have been successful.