# How do you think History will judge the Wests response to ISIS' atrocities?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-history-will-judge-the-wests-response-to-isis-atrocities/737404>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-history-will-judge-the-wests-response-to-isis-atrocities/737404 "2015-11-12T20:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-history-will-judge-the-wests-response-to-isis-atrocities/737404/41 "2015-11-16T19:33:01Z")

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I seriously consider sometimes that a type of ‘First contact’ protocol ala Star Trek is needed when dealing with the Islamic world.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-history-will-judge-the-wests-response-to-isis-atrocities/737404/42 "2015-11-16T20:13:10Z")

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That might some semblance of sense if we weren’t already in constant contact with the Islamic world.

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