> America has intel - and good intel from a raid - that shows that ISIS has the capability and intent to hide a bomb inside laptop batteries to blow up passenger planes
So your argument is that when the US says they raided an ISIS compound in Yemen and discovered plans to hide bombs inside laptops to blow up planes - this does not qualify as good enough intel to act on? You seem to be using snark as a substitute for defending your proposition through thoughtful analysis and argumentation.
Whether consciously or as satire, your writing imitated Donald Trump's speech style for a second. I believe that's what the other poster was pointing out.
America has intel, the best intel, that shows that..
Whether someone sounds like Donald to you is not relevant to the facts at hand . . . like the fact that they raided an ISIS camp and found plans and a video which was widely disseminated. Which was mentioned in the article. What or who I sound like when I point that out, whether that be Donald or Kim Ill Sung or Jack the Ripper or whomever is not relevant
> has historically been full of shit and completely made up from time to time. Therefore there is no reason to believe it now.
Then why do you believe them about the terrorists being the bad guys, or even existing at all. Why not set up a nice rendezvous with ISIS and maybe talk about what you have in common.
Why believe the government about anything ever. Why do you think they are telling the truth about vaccinations or the benefit of public schools or anything if you have deemed them to be constant liars.
So you see no distinction between saying "the US has a track record of creating security theatre and using dubious excuses based on worthless and even fabricated intel" and literally joining ISIS?
Either you seriously believe the US government apparatus is the only source of information other than literally ISIS or you're being unhelpfully hyperbolic.
That's false, it's the best intel.