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VoiceOfRa comments on [Link] A rational response to the Paris attacks and ISIS - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 23 November 2015 01:47AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 November 2015 06:34:04PM *  3 points [-]

I think it depends on the quality of the nation-building that happens afterwards.

Why would the answer be any different from "the usual"..?

militarily defeating IS counts under the "benefits" column of the analysis - as a pure point of rationality - even if the cost is too great.

True. And just as true for North Korea.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 23 November 2015 11:49:36PM 1 point [-]

And just as true for North Korea.

ISIS doesn't have nukes and isn't being implicitly backed by a neighboring superpower.

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