re: How do we proactively eradicate ISIS without "continuing pointless war in the Middle East?

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I know that's a neocon principle, but how can we go after ISIS without everyone flipping out that POTUS is hypocritically continuing in conflicts in the Middle East

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Is that what they even want?

"At this moment, for example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge, which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible." 1984, Orwell.

We are experiencing perpetual war and have been since at least WWII.