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Ganoncrotch said:

how do you try to paint them as the good guys here doing the right things?

I'm pretty sure no one outside of Iraq, and most people in it, see ISIS as good guys.

Pretty sure only ISIS sees ISIS as the good guy

This sounds a lot like "aww we have to bomb them but they're making it hard by mingling with civilians, we can't be blamed if we accidentally kill innocents" - Yes, you can and should be blamed. 

If the US really wanted to wipe ISIS off the map they could do so in one feel swoop. They will not. ISIS is the US' ticket to legitimise their mingling in the ME and to making the next puppet leader seem "democratically elected".