What would be better vs. ISIS?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

A) low profile airstrikes over a sustained period

B) force a decisive engagement, ground troops and all

C) stick to the air unless that fails to stop them but do whatever it takes to stop them

D) me again if/when they actually threaten the US directly

[Xipe Totec]

1. E) Leave them alone and let them sort their own affairs in their own country. nt

[bowens43]

2. stay the fuck out of it , we need to stop being the cops of the world.

[TwilightGardener]

3. A, to hold select/strategic places, and see where they go.

[bigtree]

4. dunno

. . . just know that, ultimately, the U.S. military attacks do more harm than good in Iraq.

That seems to be a difficult lesson for some to learn.

[ancianita]

5. Looks as if their Saudi money, arms and pardoned mujahideen help aren't drying up anytime soon.

A) How can genocide be beaten back with sustained airstrikes?

B) Because decisive ground troop engagement has worked so well, right?

C) Whatever? Then only a nuclear bomb can stop them. And don't forget, this is an eternal fight.

D) If they threaten the US directly, they won't attack they way they appear to in their Call of Duty propaganda movie.

Some think we should hold off and see what a borderless, genocidal Sunni caliphate shakes out to be. So far, a lot of destroyed property and lives. But those are the purity test results of being a "true Muslim" under the caliphate.

Islamic State studio production don't play, either. The hour-long propaganda film I've seen here looks kind of like Call Of Duty. Is it real? Is it happening? Only the Saudis know for sure and they're not talking. But they're probably fed up with the Shia. As posted earlier, Iraq is likely going to disappear.

[Lurks Often]

6. None of the above

Large scale air strikes against ISIS when they are in open, maximum damage, maximum casualties. If they shelter in inhabited cities, drone strikes if civilian casualties can be avoided. Attacks on supply bases and supply trucks should be a priority.

Doing the above will result in the following:
It will take the initiative away from ISIS
It may decrease morale and recruitment
It will give the Kurds and the Shia Iraqi Army a chance to re-group and come up with a plan(s) to defeat ISIS.

Leaving the peoples of Iraq to face genocide at the hands of the ISIS fanatics is one of the most disgusting things I've heard in a long time.