The US federal government should bomb ISIS

Contention 1: ISIS is a serious threat and should be defeated by any means necessary If we take ISIS lightly and they have their way the word will be harmed beyond what you can imagine. In fact some believe that ISIS wants to bring forth the apocalypse, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they want. ( . http://www.theatlantic.com...... ) ISIS has been rapidly capturing territory. Fairly recently ISIS captured Baghdad, while slaughtering citizens and military in the process, leaving the streets littered with bodies. ( . http://www.cbsnews.com...... ). ISIS has been nothing but brutal. ISIS kills dozens of innocent people at a time for doing nothing but failing to conform with their beliefs. ISIS has been known to carry out public executions and Crucifixions. ISIS reaches out an manipulates those in 1st word countries and instructs them to "kill where you are". Those killings have no benefit. There is no gain for ISIS to have innocent people killed thousands of miles away, yet they do it anyways. ISIS has shown no mercy to anyone whether it be civilians, military, the religious or impressionable youth they manipulate. ISIS simply knows no mercy. They will not show us mercy and will destroy us the instant they have the opportunity. So we should not show them mercy. (. http://www.cnn.com...... . http://www.nbcnews.com......) Contention 2: Airstrikes are effective methods of fighting ISIS that will almost never result in military casualties on the side of the US Airstrikes against ISIS have been our best method of fighting them. Very little to no casualties on our side, and most importantly very effective. We can use airstrikes and bombings to strategically target strike points, take out military leaders and drive ISIS into submission. 500 pound bombs being dropped on your head will take away your will to fight very quickly. According to these two out of many reports airstrikes and bombings against ISIS are working and are very effective. . http://www.huffingtonpost.com...... . http://abcnews.go.com....... The only downside to it is the unfortunate reality of civilian casualties. With bombings there will inevitably be civilians who will lose their lives in the blast. Many people believe that because of this we should not bomb ISIS, but there are a few key points they are missing. 1. Some civilian casualties are absolutely inevitable in war. No matter what we do they can not be avoided. 2. These attacks are done by talented, trained military professionals. They know what they are doing and they know how to minimize civilian casualties and they will do so. Still not convinced? Well let me help you think about it in a different way. Contention 3: Despite there being some civilian casualties we save more civilian lives in the long run. The death count for the people ISIS has murdered is around 170,000. Those 170,00 people probably had friends, families and maybe even lovers, and now they're gone. Many of them brutally murdered by ISIS. The question I have for ISIS is: Why? Why did all of these people have to die. Well it seems there really is no good reason for their death. Many of them were murdered for their religion or for standing in ISIS' way. (. http://www.quora.com......) Now sure if we bomb ISIS there will be some civilian casualties, but that number will be absolutely nowhere near the number of innocent people ISIS has slaughtered. If these bomb strikes can put a stop to this genocide then we will save countless lives. The lives that will be lost is a sacrifice that we need to make to save thousands and possibly millions of lives. Contention 4: Saving our troops By reducing the number of troops in the area and replacing them with drones we are saving soldier's lives. Drone strikes are a common method of bombing and even with the drone being shot down we do not lose any soldiers. This is creating a huge change in the way 1st world countries fight wars. By fighting wars this way we are allowing for more soldiers to survive in the world. And this doesn't just stop in the US. By doing this the rest of the world is likely to follow in 1st world countries' examples and fight wars this way. This will do a good job to eliminate drafting and make wars focus on military targets instead of taking lives. Onto you Con