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Originally Posted by cbtengr
They cannot take our people without consequence, of course we do get to decide the consequences. I do not have to wonder how long it will be before they are in our land, they are here. As far as taking our land goes we are not going to sit back and rollover like they are used to. They are a pretty brave bunch when it comes to going up against an under armed populace of women, children and old men. They have underestimated us as a country.
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And yet they are. They anticipated airstrikes and adapted accordingly. We're barely scratching them. They feint one way, and strike targets in another. They've had terror cells in multiple countries start pledging their allegiance. They fluidly move from insurgent warfare, to maneuver, back to insurgent. They have a propaganda campaign so effective this Al Baghdadi could be the new Hitler. And here we sit, in shock, waiting to see what they do next.
We have allowed the enemy to dictate our actions, our tempo. It is us who have underestimated them. If they were to try to apply the same tactics here they would surely fail, we are far too well armed and organized. But if they were to get in with the gangs, use the prison system to convert violent gang members to Islam, and then use that to take gangs and essentially turn them into terror cells...Well then we would have a very serious problem.
Insurgency is the biggest threat. The infrastructure (gangs) is in place. Given their success with social media and this guy Nolen, who was in the prison system, converted to Islam, and bought into their pitch. I'd say that served as an excellent test case. Now all they have to do is intentionally do it.
I think we need a serious show of force. We should start by finding this Ranger and getting him out, and wasting every IS mofo in the AO.
Playtime is over, let's go kick some ass.