With the alleged second beheading of American journalists in less than a month, what do you feel is the appropriate response to ISIS?

SSG Toryn Green — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:56:34 -0400

This is sure to be a hot topic over the coming hours, days, and weeks. How do you feel America should respond?

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 2:03 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:03:34 -0400

SSG Toryn Green We suggest that we bring bigger and bigger bombs till ISIS get's it..

Response by 1SG Jeff Finlay made Sep 2 at 2014 2:53 PM

1SG Jeff Finlay — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:53:17 -0400

The appropriate response is to kill every Jihadist everywhere whether in Syria, Iraq, Somalia or US.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 2 at 2014 3:02 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:02:45 -0400

These bastards are like Samael - you kill 1 and 2 more are born singing the "I Hate America" anthem. I say we pull all our folks out of harm's way, post big "travel at your own risk" signs at the airport and let these people be. Any citizen who joins them gets their citizenship revoked and anyone who travels their at their own risk - you were warned. Maybe after a few years of ignoring these people, they'll just go away like Octo-mom, Monica Lewinski and Tanya Harding.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 3:25 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:25:28 -0400

Everything we have done in the mid east in my lifetime has only made the situation worse. I am certain that whatever action we take at this point will have the same result.

Response by LCpl Steve Wininger made Sep 2 at 2014 7:17 PM

LCpl Steve Wininger — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:17:36 -0400

And I thought being a Marine was dangerous. This will not discourage me from following my desire to be a Middle Eastern correspondent.

Response by SPC David S. made Sep 2 at 2014 7:41 PM

SPC David S. — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:41:24 -0400

I would have bombed the sh!t out of them 1 second after. This would send a clear message that tactics of that nature are a non factor. Regrettably this decision would more than likely jeopardize Steven J. Sotloff safety and wellbeing but in the process responding with a dramatically heightened force the message will be clear "Alpha, Mike, Foxtrot, Try it again".

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 8:00 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:00:24 -0400

Special Operations in, special ops out. Wham, bam thank you ma'am.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 8:17 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:17:04 -0400

Level them....we need more parking lots.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 8:37 PM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:37:59 -0400

The best response is no response! Journalists know the danger of what they do when they go to extreme measures.

Response by LTC Paul Heinlein made Sep 2 at 2014 8:58 PM

LTC Paul Heinlein — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:58:55 -0400

I view ISIS like I do a Hornets' nest, if you do not destroy early, it will continue to expand, and the Hornets will attack you regardless if you leave them alone or not.
If you get it early, it is easy to take care of and your done with it. You wait too long, it gets harder to destroy the nest, there is more of them to attack you, and they just keep coming back because it is hard to get them all in one place and at one time.

Unfortunately, the current policy of little to no intervention has gotten us to the latter position.

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Sep 2 at 2014 10:42 PM

Maj Walter Kilar — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:42:08 -0400

I feel that the American government needs to make up its mind as to how it wants to shape the environment in the Middle East. There is no appropriate response until the Commander-In-Chief has established his intent. Maybe his intent is really to let ISIS slaughter as many innocents as it takes in order to get other nations form an alliance. Maybe Fox News is correct and he has no idea what he wants.

If I were CINC, I definitely would not want to let ISIS sucker America into another protracted war without any allies in the area.

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Sep 2 at 2014 11:35 PM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:35:54 -0400

This is the question of the year. You can't defeat them, you can't reason with them. Can we go to war forever with them? Nope. The only way to be free of them is to kill them, but you kill one and 2 fill his spot like Maj Petrarca said.

One thing we need to do is unite against them. I hear Muslims had a march supporting terrorists in Florida today, if thats true, thats sad. That should have been stopped in a heartbeat. If the world shows them no mercy we may wear them down.

I have sympathies for the good Muslims as they have to pay the price on both fronts like Japaneese Americans did in WWII.

One thing that needs to be done for sure, Potus needs to get off the frikkin golf course.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 2 at 2014 11:48 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:48:20 -0400

SSG Toryn Green There is perhaps a more sinister twist in that we have individuals who decide for whatever reason that they want to do bad evil things. Cold-hearted sociopaths do things without remorse and this is a real and developing issue.

But I agree, bomb, with bigger bombs until they get it. Or else we get anarchists and vigilantes doing terrorism ad hoc. They think they have the trump card because we always leave.

How about making sure that the world get on board and stop being apologists for Muslim terrorists. Remember they use their own children as weapons and eventually we will kill a child directly and then the hue and cry.

Do we have the guts to stick it out because innocents will be lost on both sides of this. But leadership will avail itself to securing the borders and not make everything about votes.

Not too long ago I posted pictures of a young teenager beheaded by a Muslim. The picture was taken down from this site! This was reality, unvarnished and without propaganda. We must address this as adults not being limp-wristed political acolytes. imho

Response by SGT Tommy Hinton made Sep 3 at 2014 9:18 AM

SGT Tommy Hinton — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:18:27 -0400

IMO they all should die! However I don't think POTUS is going to do anything major because I think ISIS is Turkey's baby. POTUS is big buddies with newly elected Erdogan. Erdo is already trying to change the Turk constitution to give himself more executive power. He hates Assad and Syrian refugees are pouring into Turkey like crazy. If you're scratching your head right now, check this out.

For Turkey, it needs the ISIS to dismantle governments then to later consume them to create its Sunni Axis and its Ottoman dream. Turkey’s master plan is to eventually sacrifice someone in its little ISIS pawn in order to declare itself as the supreme Caliphate taking all under its neo-Ottoman umbrella which will also include an alliance with Iran.

Turkey needs the ISIS to dismantle and prepare the runway for Turkey to consume much flesh.

Rida Alton of the Kurdish Labor Party agrees that Turkey is behind the ISIS. He explains that the capture of the Turkish consulate by the ISIS in Iraq did not result in much objection by the Turkish government as there was no national condemnation and that Erdogan administration stated “we have no qualms with the ISIS“.

It was Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan(at the time) who told the U.S. to keep its hands off the ISIS claiming that there are risks of launching air strikes against the ISIS claiming concern about the fate of dozens of Turkish citizens who were captured by the ISIS. So what happened? We recently predicted it stating when the whole fiasco began that “all this was a ruse”. All Turkish captive were returned safely and both Turkey and the ISIS secretly cried out Hallelujah (in Arabic it would be Hallilu-Allah). The Kuwaiti News Agency reported that Turkish truck drivers who were captured were all returned.

The Turkish Watan also stated that the ISIS has 5000 of their troops stationed in Turkey and that they plan to establish a base there. Watan also explained that the ISIS under its new plan titled “ISIS In Istanbul” has already established outlets and even are distributing ISIS banners, T-Shirts and logos throughout Bagler in the midst of Istanbul and has branched into Esenlr, Wasn, Yurt, Bhishly, Affler, Kainarja and Pendik.

You can call me crazy, paranoid or whatever but ISIS belongs to Turkey. THat's JMO!!

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 4 at 2014 9:04 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:04:00 -0400

Napalm!! Serious note, the entire world needs to help. Until its a joint effort from all nations its going to just keep popping up with different names.

Response by PO1 Eric Friar made Sep 5 at 2014 1:44 PM

PO1 Eric Friar — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:44:39 -0400

Our only response should be measured in Megatons and come on the tip of a Trident D5 submarine launched ICBM. Designate one MIRV for Mecca, one for Medina, one for Tehran, one for Damascus, and one each for the Nuclear sites in Iran.

Response by SPC Daniel Edwards made Nov 18 at 2014 10:54 PM

SPC Daniel Edwards — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:54:21 -0500

Go to all those countries that have soccer as their past time, tell them that ISIS said that their soccer team sucks, and sit back and watch the mayhem that follows.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 19 at 2014 6:51 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:51:52 -0500

Burn 'em out with liberal administration of napalm.
These guys just need to die.
If it hurts a lot, then bonus.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 19 at 2014 9:22 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:22:14 -0500

ISIS needs to be exterminated. The worst part is you never know which one of these bastards is a bad guy and which one is just a muslim practicing their religion...