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Are you serious? Tom Send a noteboard - 28/05/2017 09:56:07 PM

ISIS is collapsing. Their "capital" of Raqqa in Syria is the only urban area of any consequence that they still control (unless you count a few blocks in Mosul). The last thing we need to do is waste US lives fighting them in the Syrian desert. No boots are needed on the ground at this point that aren't already there.

What we DO need to do is make sure we don't let any of them back to the US, regardless of whether they're citizens, green card holders, on visas or coming in illegally. I heard the phrase "extreme vetting" from President Trump when he was campaigning, and we certainly need to do that. We need to shut down foreign funds that preach intolerance and specifically target Salafists. The enemy is ideological, not military.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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For me, it is. - 24/05/2017 07:49:03 AM 630 Views
Don't forget getting an education if you are female *NM* - 23/05/2017 09:38:26 PM 342 Views
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He said 'extra disgusting'. Not 'less logical'. *NM* - 23/05/2017 10:29:21 PM 344 Views
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I can see that - 24/05/2017 11:47:59 AM 624 Views
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Your errors are legion here. - 24/05/2017 10:03:53 PM 599 Views
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Alright, I did miss that point. - 29/05/2017 07:33:36 PM 575 Views
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There is no tool for not allowing citizens back in the country - 29/05/2017 10:11:42 PM 550 Views
Re: There is no tool for not allowing citizens back in the country *NM* - 29/05/2017 10:11:52 PM 361 Views
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Speak for yourself. - 30/05/2017 06:57:16 PM 619 Views
You have thus argued for the death of education. - 31/05/2017 02:51:11 PM 590 Views
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I'm such a n00b *NM* - 24/05/2017 06:03:50 PM 318 Views

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