Krsto
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I'm just speaking out about the jihad that was instituted from the beginning of the religion. They must take territory. Period. And whether or not the Caliphate of ISIS is justified in it's formation, it exists with support from certain religious muslims who believe that ISIS is the fulfilment of Quranic prophesy.
You left out the recruiting tool of slave ownership and rape. How else do you recruit such barbarians?
I'm against using war as a tool to control them. But what I need to see is a plan to control them without war.
Your ideas amount to pie-in-the-sky dreams of controlling oligarchs' purses, while what I see as the only path is citizen activism like what Gandhi did with India to bring about change.
Your idea of jihad is not the Muslim view, it's the perverted view of a few like ISIS. Jihad means "struggle" and is primarily used with reference to personal struggle, like the struggle to obey God. It's also used for a struggle against enemies intent on doing harm, and is restricted to self-defense. Modern Islamic scholarship denies the legitimacy of establishing or expanding a caliphate by force, and have repudiated the Ottoman Empire, and most Muslims believe they don't have to do anything to make prophecy come true - it will just happen (Note: Christians would do well to adopt this stance regarding Israel possessing the land so we don't engage in wickedness in our attempts to further God's plan - assuming that is God's plan).
Here's my plan: only use our military out in the deserts to disrupt the movement of people and armaments, never in the cities where innocents will get killed. We don't need to kill off some stupid raghead wandering around the mid east bad enough that we have to kill off innocents in the process. This isn't Hitler or Hirohito. Not even close and never will be because they will never have the popular support of the people. So we can draw lines in the sand, as it were, and not let anyone through unless we know they are against ISIS. Also disrupt their movement of oil, like putting pressure on Turkey's Erdogan whose son and son in law are making tons of money transporting ISIS oil to Turkish ports. Better than that, just confiscate all their oil wells. Also, disrupt their banking abilities. I think all this is all that's needed for them to dry up and blow away, and is a far better plan than either bombing or an all out invasion intent on wiping them out. That just isn't going to work, in fact, will make things worse.
Aside from that, use our military as protection troops for humanitarian efforts like running schools and hospitals, and/or provide cities within ISIS territory as safe zones where ISIS can not penetrate. Overcome evil with good, IOW.