Interesting article in today's Australian by Neil Ferguson.
He suggests that what Europe is experiencing is the same Decline & Fall
as the Decline & Fall of Rome.

He compares the Vandals and German Tribes that sacked Rome with the
Islamists and with the economic decline of Rome.
Europe today is entering the End of Growth period caused by
diminishing returns which Joesph Trainter described in his book The Collapse of Complex Societies.

Rome was like Europe suffering from a declining population and a loss
of Military will and power.

Now that the democratic Kurdish forces have driven the fascists out of Sinjar, they are discovering mass graves of women too old to sell in the sex-slave markets.

No doubt Grateful and his useful idiot companions on the pseudo-left would find some way to weasel out of this, but possibly the Islamo-fascists could find something in the Koran to justify murdering middle-aged women - after all, to coin a phrase, even the Devil can cite scripture for his purpose.

As an atheist, of course I don't believe in any gods, but I am beginning to believe in the existence of Devils. And in their little helpers in our midst.

Come to think of it, they've been quiet lately. But they'll think of something.

And mikk, there have been splits and factions and extremists within Islam since Omar and Hussein - there have been rival 'caliphates', rival centres, rival emirates, upsurges in extreme 'devoutness' from the very beginning. When the British got to northern Nigeria in the late 19th century, they found themselves in the middle of violent schisms raging across the Sahel. And of course, there was the Mahdi in the Sudan. In Libya, the Italians were always battling a sect which believed the next Messiah would be born of a man, so they all went around in baggy trousers (well, you never know). Extremist groups have devastated parts of Indonesia, especially Aceh, over the past century. Etc. etc. It's as if Islam has always been ripe, over-ripe, for all manner of crackpot extremists. So be careful of your new f&%*-buddies.

Joe

Today Muslims are living in fear across the Islamic world.
Under Ataturk, Turkish women were liberated from a Face and head covered future.
Today even the President and PM of Turkey have forced their wives to cover their heads.
Arab Petrocash has changed the face of the Islamic world.
Under Colonial Rule Malaysia Brunei and Indonesian women did not have to have head covering.
Today the macho Muslims have taken control and the fairer sex are living in fear.
Welcome to the Macho world/

I note the Grand Mufti In Australia has not angrily condemned the perpetrators of murder in France in the name of Allah. He heads 500,000 followers in Australia. He is hiding his real feelings about the Islamic caliphate for the Middle East. Muslims are cowards as they do not face soldiers with guns they murder unarmed innocents instead.

Russia absolutely smashes ISIS in Syria and France gets attacked? The USA and Israel funded ISIS and Al Qaeda.

Escape the lies from our presstitute media on MSM. Dr Paul Craig Roberts is the ex -assistant secretary to the US Treasury.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/11/16/washington-refines-its-false-flag-operations-paul-craig-roberts/

Dear Armchaircritic,

Indeed. France was the first country to commence bombing ISIS after the US and have been at it a year. Other countries include Turkey who suffer 90 dead in a bombing last month and Russia who lost over 200 in an aircraft bombing. Australia is obviously on the list and it would be foolish to think otherwise.

One can only imagine the impotent rage of being continuously being bombed from the air and unable to strike back militarily. Therein lies the attraction for attacking a soft target.

As mentioned in another thread I think we have little choice but to put soldiers on the ground against ISIS. It would give them a retaliatory target and further it would hasten their demise.

But to just keep on waging this war from the air puts Australian civilian lives at greater risk.

The second option is to bow out. This is being contemplated by the new government in Canada but unlikely to happen here as Australia has too much invested in its relationship with the US.