Wednesday, August 20, 2014

You can't negotiate with rabid dogs




ISIS released a video yesterday purporting to be the beheading of American journalist James Wright Foley along with the threat of a similar fate awaiting missing journalist Steven Joel Sotloff with the following comment:

‘The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision.’

The law of armed conflict is an anachronism, based on mutually agreed upon principles by consenting civilized parties, when one one party completely disregards jus in bello it is absurd to expect other parties to be hamstrung by it.

First, the United States ought to recognize Kurdistan as it exists outside the borders of Turkey.

Second, the United States ought to recognize the Shia state of Iraq as it exists in the southern and southeastern territory controlled by the Iraqi government.

Third, all surrounding nations are to be notified of our intent of recognizing the Islamic State of Iraq as it exists as controlled territory at the end of ninety days.

Fourth, at the end of ninety days we recognize the Islamic State of Iraq and declare war on it, demanding their unconditional surrender.

After that, any violation of international law committed by the Islamic State of Iraq shall be met with military reprisal.  First any identifiable military equipment goes, then the airports, power plants, dams, bridges, railroads, highways... treat them as we treated the axis in WWII.

Of course as the odds have it, Obama's decision will be no decision at all, it will be inaction and meaningless words.  The Islamic State of Iraq is betting that we lack the will to do anything, and also as the odds have it, they're probably right.

You can't negotiate with rabid dogs, all you can do is put them down.


Update: US officials confirm
              ISIS exterminates entire Yazidi village 

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