[–] White_Raven ago
Hours, not days. If we knew there would be no civilian casualties, the middle east would be uninhabitable for millenia.
I was thinking in terms of conventional army without the use of weapons of mass destruction
[–] White_Raven 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That being the case we would probably have something like 600k+ boots on the ground, half the Navy within beat down distance, and our entire airforce pounding it 24/7, until everything stopped moving.
[–] CowWithBeef ago
Every kill destabilizes the region. Power vacuums are quickly filled with assholes. You have to go full genocide for your plan to work because nice guys will always finish last in a post apocalyptic landscape. Sooner or later we have to realize that military intervention is not a method of civilizing a population. It's quite the opposite.
[–] safe_space_invader 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
it's not "my plan" and I 100% agree with you, all I'm saying is that the only reason they're still around is that no one wants to or rather knows how to deal with the shit that would come afterwards
[–] SiWofos 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Sort of: the initial war would be over very quickly, but the subsequent nightmare would last rather longer. Think of Afghanistan: a mess since 1839 (or at least since 1979), and Iraq's been screwed since Gulf War I in 1990 (we're still dealing with the aftermath, of which ISIS is a part).